. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. much mao-nified ; the short lines at the side show its natural size. A fourth friendly helper is an Ichneumon fly, known under the name of the Cecropia Cryptus, Cryptus extrematis Cresson, which infests the Cecropia larva in great numbers, filling its chrysalis so entirely with its thin, papery cocoons that a transverse section bears a strong resemblance to a piece of honey-comb. (See Fig. 76.) The flies of this parasite escape in June, the female presenting the appearance shown in Fig. 77, where it
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. much mao-nified ; the short lines at the side show its natural size. A fourth friendly helper is an Ichneumon fly, known under the name of the Cecropia Cryptus, Cryptus extrematis Cresson, which infests the Cecropia larva in great numbers, filling its chrysalis so entirely with its thin, papery cocoons that a transverse section bears a strong resemblance to a piece of honey-comb. (See Fig. 76.) The flies of this parasite escape in June, the female presenting the appearance shown in Fig. 77, where it is much mag- nified, the short line at the side showing its natural size. Another two-winged parasite is Gaurax anohora Loew. While very partial to the apple, the larva of Cecropia will also feed on the cherry, plum, pear, maple, willow, lilac, Eng-. 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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