. Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower [microform] : and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges. Beneficial insects. THE INSECT WORLD. 271 to temperature and location. The fight against this insect is told in the reports of the Gypsy Moth Commission of Massachusetts, and these have been distributed wherever the insect has made its appearance. It has not as yet extended beyond Massachusetts ; hence details as to its destruction are not in place here. It is, perhaps, the most dangerous pest ever introduced into the United States, and should the State of Massac
. Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower [microform] : and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges. Beneficial insects. THE INSECT WORLD. 271 to temperature and location. The fight against this insect is told in the reports of the Gypsy Moth Commission of Massachusetts, and these have been distributed wherever the insect has made its appearance. It has not as yet extended beyond Massachusetts ; hence details as to its destruction are not in place here. It is, perhaps, the most dangerous pest ever introduced into the United States, and should the State of Massachusetts abandon its campaign against it, the annual charge upon the farmers of the country would become enormous, if not ruinous. To the family Eiicleida;, or Liinacodidcz, belong a series of rather modest green and brown moths, usually small in size, very Fig. 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 Smith, John Bernhard, 1858-1912. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott Co.
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