Manual of vegetable-garden insects . Fig. <J6. Pupa of northern tomato worm inits cell (X i).. TOMATO INSECTS 171 of the body and drawing in the head, in which position it willremain motionless for a long time. When mature the cater-pillar goes into the ground a few inches and there in an earthencell transforms to adark brown pupa ( and 97) about 2inches in length. Thesucking tube of the future moth is inclosed F^^- ^7. — Pupa of the northern tomato worm, (Xl|). m a separate case irom one third to nearly half as long as the pupa, resembling thehandle of a pitcher. The number of gener
Manual of vegetable-garden insects . Fig. <J6. Pupa of northern tomato worm inits cell (X i).. TOMATO INSECTS 171 of the body and drawing in the head, in which position it willremain motionless for a long time. When mature the cater-pillar goes into the ground a few inches and there in an earthencell transforms to adark brown pupa ( and 97) about 2inches in length. Thesucking tube of the future moth is inclosed F^^- ^7. — Pupa of the northern tomato worm, (Xl|). m a separate case irom one third to nearly half as long as the pupa, resembling thehandle of a pitcher. The number of generations varies withthe length of the season; in the North there is apparentlyonly one, in INIaryland and Kentucky there are two and inFlorida there are said to be three or four. The southern tomato ivorm, Phlegethontius sexta Johannsen The moth of the southern tomato worm is similar to that ofthe northern species but the ground color of the wings isbrownish gray instead of ash-gray. There is usually a smallwhite spot near the middle of the front wing and the interme-diate lines on the hind w
Size: 2953px × 847px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1918
