Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . Fig. 341. ?—Larva and adult ofthe raspberry byturus—enlarged.(After Goodwin.). Fig. 342.—Early ripening berries, the smaller ones infested with Byturuslarvse. (After Goodwin.) remain in the cup of the berry, which necessitates picking tehberries over and injures their sale. The larva is about one- 476 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD. quarter iiu-h lung, nitlier plum]) unci cylinclrieul, unci taperingat each end. The body is white, but each segment is nuirkedacross the bade with a broad, tawny yellow band, and numerousshort white hairs. When f
Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . Fig. 341. ?—Larva and adult ofthe raspberry byturus—enlarged.(After Goodwin.). Fig. 342.—Early ripening berries, the smaller ones infested with Byturuslarvse. (After Goodwin.) remain in the cup of the berry, which necessitates picking tehberries over and injures their sale. The larva is about one- 476 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD. quarter iiu-h lung, nitlier plum]) unci cylinclrieul, unci taperingat each end. The body is white, but each segment is nuirkedacross the bade with a broad, tawny yellow band, and numerousshort white hairs. When full grown the larva drops to theground and forms an earthen cell just beneath the surface, inwhich it transforms to a yellowish pupa, from which the beetleemerges the next spring. Onh red raspberries seem to be affected,and some varieties are particularly injured. The insect has beenreported as injurious from Minnesota to Massachusetts and inOntario. Control.—Inasmuch as the beetles feed freely on the foliagebefore ovipositing they may be destroyed by spraying the leaveswith arsenate of lead. Mr. Goodwin has sho
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