. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 40 BULLETIN 427, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. larva has been parasitized it does not pupate, but soon breaks down and becomes semiliquid. The mature larva spins a light but tough white cocoon within the cocoon of its host, thus being well protected. This apparently. Fig. 29.— Chelonus shoshoneanorum: Adult female. Much enlarged. (Original.) explains its comparative immunity from the secondary parasite Dibrachys houcheanus. The adult feeds quite often at the oviposition wounds of its host. The adults are very hardy
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 40 BULLETIN 427, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. larva has been parasitized it does not pupate, but soon breaks down and becomes semiliquid. The mature larva spins a light but tough white cocoon within the cocoon of its host, thus being well protected. This apparently. Fig. 29.— Chelonus shoshoneanorum: Adult female. Much enlarged. (Original.) explains its comparative immunity from the secondary parasite Dibrachys houcheanus. The adult feeds quite often at the oviposition wounds of its host. The adults are very hardy and the female is long Hved, One female lived from July 19 to September 21, 1914, a period of 64 days, and in this time 291 adults were reared from this one specimen. When the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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