. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1907, Fig. 5.—The TarnishedPlant-Bug, much enlarged(after Lugger). Fig. 6.—The Blue Asparagus Beetleeggs and larva—magnified. The Tarnished Plant-bug (Lygus pratensis) was another very abundantinsect this year. It was first noticed in large numbers on the chrysanthe-mums that had been brought out of doors from the greenhouses; it attat kedtheir terminal shoots and thus injured and in some cases destroyed the budsand future flowers. It was also to be found on asters and a number of otherflowering plants in the borders, and on asparagus, beets, carrots, cele
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1907, Fig. 5.—The TarnishedPlant-Bug, much enlarged(after Lugger). Fig. 6.—The Blue Asparagus Beetleeggs and larva—magnified. The Tarnished Plant-bug (Lygus pratensis) was another very abundantinsect this year. It was first noticed in large numbers on the chrysanthe-mums that had been brought out of doors from the greenhouses; it attat kedtheir terminal shoots and thus injured and in some cases destroyed the budsand future flowers. It was also to be found on asters and a number of otherflowering plants in the borders, and on asparagus, beets, carrots, celery, 11)06 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 47 parsnips, potatoes, salsify, etc., in the vegetable garden. Early in theseason it did some damage to strawberry and currant blossoms. This is atrue bug and, like all the other members of the order, obtains its food bypiercing the tissues of the plant it attacks and sucking out the juices. Theadult insects (fig. 5) aje about a quarter of an inch in length and vary incolour from yellowish-green to a
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