A handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria : with notes on the methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them . ura-tion of the laud will permit such, it should always bedone. This pest, although bad enough, is one which, in myopinion, can, with a little trou1)le and care, be verysoon stamped out; and, as the country becomes moreopened up, and the refuse burned, the breeding places ofthese and other insects will become lessened ; and, if itbe not possible to altogether destroy them, they can atleast be held in check, and kept within manageablelimits. 92 DESTEUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTOKI
A handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria : with notes on the methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them . ura-tion of the laud will permit such, it should always bedone. This pest, although bad enough, is one which, in myopinion, can, with a little trou1)le and care, be verysoon stamped out; and, as the country becomes moreopened up, and the refuse burned, the breeding places ofthese and other insects will become lessened ; and, if itbe not possible to altogether destroy them, they can atleast be held in check, and kept within manageablelimits. 92 DESTEUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTOKIA PLATE X. Red Spider ^ (Tetranychus telarius).Kg. 1. Young state. Highly magnified. (From Murrays aptera.) 2. Perfect insect. Male. Highly magnified. (From Murray^s aptera.) 3. Perfect insect. Female. Highly magnified. (From Murrays aptera.) 4. Tarsus (or foot). Highly magnified. (From Murray^s aptera.) 5. Mouth and palpi, and one mandible. Highly magnified. (From Murrays aptera.) 6. Portion of apple branch, showing effect of Red Spider on leaves. (From nature.) 7. Perfect insect. Slightly magnified. (From nature.).
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