. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. side the state should look them over carefully for the small. round scales bordered with a reddish ring. In case such are found, it would be a favor to all concerned to send specimens to the Experiment Station for examination. Among the garden insects the Squash • BuG^ has continued to be a troublesome pest. The adult bugs are ready for the tender plants as soon as they appear above ground, inserting their beaks and soon destroying the plant. We have studied Fig 7. Squash Bug: stage j ^ ^ ^j ^ ^f doors and in the insec- before adult. Natural "• i-
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. side the state should look them over carefully for the small. round scales bordered with a reddish ring. In case such are found, it would be a favor to all concerned to send specimens to the Experiment Station for examination. Among the garden insects the Squash • BuG^ has continued to be a troublesome pest. The adult bugs are ready for the tender plants as soon as they appear above ground, inserting their beaks and soon destroying the plant. We have studied Fig 7. Squash Bug: stage j ^ ^ ^j ^ ^f doors and in the insec- before adult. Natural "• i-"-'^"- size. (Original.) tary, but as yet can suggest no better remedy than that of placing shingles or pieces of boards beside the hills ; the bugs will congregate under these and by a daily inspection early in the morning, they are readily found and destroyed. By thus killing off the brood that has / passed the winter, much of the later damage commonly done by the prog- eny of these bugs will be prevented. It is well known that the brown eggs are deposited upon the under surfaces of the squash leaves, and that the young which hatch from these soon ^j^ g Squasli Bug: a, male; cause the death of much of the foliage. b, female. Natural size. Consequently it is important to destroy (Ongmal.) as many of the egg-laying brood as possible. During recent years much damage to the timber interests of the state has been done by insects. Perhaps the most notable injury has been that to spruce forests by certain small bark- boring beetles. This subject has been studied by us to a con- siderable extent during the season, and we hope to continue the investigation during next year. We also have begun a systematic study of the bumble bees of the state in the hope of rendering the setting of clover seed, as well as squashes and pumpkins, more certain. Clarence M. Weed,. Entomologist. ' Anas a Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may h
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