. Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower. Beneficial insects. 158 AN ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. trapped by placing small heaps of cotton-seed in the groves, to attract them where they can be easily destroyed with pure kero- sene. Fig. Fig. 121. Dysdercus sidurelbis.âa, pupa; b, adult. In the family Lygceidce we have species that are oblong in shape, rounded behind and flattened above. They" have quite long beaks, a moderate- sized head, and all of them are vegetable feed- ers. The body is rather hard, and the insects are often brilliantly or gaudily _ ^iivA/ilk. \^ / .mik. \
. Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower. Beneficial insects. 158 AN ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. trapped by placing small heaps of cotton-seed in the groves, to attract them where they can be easily destroyed with pure kero- sene. Fig. Fig. 121. Dysdercus sidurelbis.âa, pupa; b, adult. In the family Lygceidce we have species that are oblong in shape, rounded behind and flattened above. They" have quite long beaks, a moderate- sized head, and all of them are vegetable feed- ers. The body is rather hard, and the insects are often brilliantly or gaudily _ ^iivA/ilk. \^ / .mik. \ colored, black and red, * ^W^Q^"N^ T ^^^Bâ 1\^^ "^ ^^ strongest possible / IIKI \ I ^HK \ contrast, being favorite m ymm w jj Wmf il combinations. Some be- r cQnig nearly an inch in length, though most of them are much smaller. The best known of the species is the "chinch-bug," B/issus leucopterus, less than one-fifth of an inch in length, blackish-. 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 Smith, John Bernhard, 1858-1912. Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott company
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