A preliminary introduction to the study of entomologyTogether with a chapter on remedies, or methods that can be used in fighting injurious insects; insect enemies of the apple tree and its fruit, and the insect enemies of small grains . he propagation of future generations. REMEDIES. On account of their underground life the larvse or grubs of theMay beetle are very difficult to reach and destroy. They are notwithout their natural enemies,bothvertebrate and invertebrate, and /Iby far the greater majority of^^fthem are thus destroyed betweenthe time of hatching from the eggsand issuing as beetl
A preliminary introduction to the study of entomologyTogether with a chapter on remedies, or methods that can be used in fighting injurious insects; insect enemies of the apple tree and its fruit, and the insect enemies of small grains . he propagation of future generations. REMEDIES. On account of their underground life the larvse or grubs of theMay beetle are very difficult to reach and destroy. They are notwithout their natural enemies,bothvertebrate and invertebrate, and /Iby far the greater majority of^^fthem are thus destroyed betweenthe time of hatching from the eggsand issuing as beetles. A large . ^ v, t, ^,, ^ ° Fig. 78.—Wiute Grub Paraite : a, imago ; 6, head number of our birds are especially of larva; c larva; d, cocoon. [After fond of the fat grubs, and can be seen industriously following the plowas it turns them up with the fresh loose soil. All kinds of domesticfowls eat them greedily, while hogs industriously search for them byrooting over the ground where they occur in abundance. Mice, shrews,moles, ground squirrels, and skunks are also remarkably fond of boththe grubs and beetles. Among their insect enemies the wasp knownas Tiphia inornata Say, is the greatest. This insect is shown in its. 184 INSECT ENEMIES OF THE
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