A preliminary introduction to the study of entomologyTogether with a chapter on remedies, or methods that can be used in fighting injurious insects; insect enemies of the apple tree and its fruit, and the insect enemies of small grains . y of us maybe with this insect, most of us are undoubtedly ig-norant as to its habits, mode of life, enemies, etc. Toinclude all of this here would, of course, occupy toomuch space. Suffice it at present then for me to givea few of the general points in connection with its lifehistory. This is the dark slate-colored bug, with red borderand median line of same
A preliminary introduction to the study of entomologyTogether with a chapter on remedies, or methods that can be used in fighting injurious insects; insect enemies of the apple tree and its fruit, and the insect enemies of small grains . y of us maybe with this insect, most of us are undoubtedly ig-norant as to its habits, mode of life, enemies, etc. Toinclude all of this here would, of course, occupy toomuch space. Suffice it at present then for me to givea few of the general points in connection with its lifehistory. This is the dark slate-colored bug, with red borderand median line of same color, that is so commonabout houses and out-buildings during fall, when itfrequently becomes a nuisance on account of its habitof crawling over and into different things left standing about thehouse. In form it is somewhat flattened, about one-third as broad aslong. Its length, as will be seen by the hair line at the right of thefigure, is about one-half of an inch. Wlien handled or disturbed itemits a pungent or disagreeable odor, adding to its odiousness. Aside from the box-elder tree, it also frequently gathers upon ap-ples and other fruit which it j)nnctures with its beak and renders un-palatable if it does not destroy Fig. 19.—The Box-elder Bust (Lrp-tncoris trivittiUui:).[Original.] 152 INSECT ENEMIES OF THE EEMEDY. On account of its habit of gathering into great clusters, it is notdifficult to wage war against this bug. When thus gathered upon theground, on walls of buildings, or upon the trunks of trees, it canreadily be destroyed by the use of kerosene or boiling water. Birdsand other insectivorous animals are not very partial to it, nor to anyof the members of the order to which it belongs, all of which are very odoriferous, and presumably not especially delightful to the taste. BORING BEETLES. Very prominent among the insect enemies of the apple tree in thiscountry are a number of kinds of boring beetles. These may be sep-arated into three groups, viz., fla
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