. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. ATTAOKINa THE BEANOHES, EiG. 13. No. 9.—The Woolly-louse of the Apple. Schizoneura lanigera (Hausm.). This is the same species as the apple-root plant-louse (No. 1), but in this form the insects attack the trunk and limbs of the apple-tree, living in clusters, and secreting over themselves small patches of a cotton-like covering. (See Fig. 13, where the insects are represented magnified.) They are often found about the base of twigs or suckers springing from the trunk, and also about the base of the
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. ATTAOKINa THE BEANOHES, EiG. 13. No. 9.—The Woolly-louse of the Apple. Schizoneura lanigera (Hausm.). This is the same species as the apple-root plant-louse (No. 1), but in this form the insects attack the trunk and limbs of the apple-tree, living in clusters, and secreting over themselves small patches of a cotton-like covering. (See Fig. 13, where the insects are represented magnified.) They are often found about the base of twigs or suckers springing from the trunk, and also about the base of the trunk itself, and around recent wounds in the bark. In autumn they commonly affect the axils of the leaf- stalks (Fig. 13), towards the ends of twigs, and sometimes multiply to such an extent as to cover the whole un- der surface of the limbs and also of the trunk, the tree looking as tliough whitewashed. Thev are said to affect most those trees which. 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 Saunders, William, 1836-1914. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co
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