. The elements of forestry : designed to afford information concerning the planting and care of forest trees for ornament or profit and giving suggestions upon the creation and care of woodlands with the view of securing the greatest benefit for the longest time, particularly adapted to the wants and conditions of the United States. Forests and forestry. 170 Classification of Insects: Coleoptera. day. The larvae are wood-borers, and chiefly attack forest and fruit trees that are past their prime. The pine and hickory trees especially suffer from their ravages. Their larvae are long, rather fla
. The elements of forestry : designed to afford information concerning the planting and care of forest trees for ornament or profit and giving suggestions upon the creation and care of woodlands with the view of securing the greatest benefit for the longest time, particularly adapted to the wants and conditions of the United States. Forests and forestry. 170 Classification of Insects: Coleoptera. day. The larvae are wood-borers, and chiefly attack forest and fruit trees that are past their prime. The pine and hickory trees especially suffer from their ravages. Their larvae are long, rather flat, yellowish white, and widened near tlie forward part. The head itself is small, and provided with teeth for boring. They in-. 93. Melolontha vulgaris (Male and Female). elude the flat-headed larvae found under the bark and in the wood of our fruit trees, and may to some extent be kept out by surround- ing the trunks with tarred paper, and by soaping, white-washing, and cutting out, or by seeking and destroying the perfect insects. 678. (_d.) The Elaterida, or spring-beetles, are most destructive to wood and roots in the larva state. They are sometimes called wire- worms, and some are wood-eaters, living under the bark; and in 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 Hough, Franklin Benjamin, 1822-1885. Cincinnati : R. Clarke
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