Annual report of the Board of Control of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station . Plate XVII.— Piping (1) and Spraying Outfit on Float (2) for Spraying a Large Bog from One Canal.(Used primarily for cranberry diseases.). Plate XVIII. Controlling Cranberry , a, Plant injured by soap spray; I), uninjured plant: 2, toad bugs that have come whorefrom tin flooded bog; on woodwork of flume. New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 393 when disturbed. After the third and fourth molts the insects aremore active and are found more frequently on the new growth of vines. Early in Septemb
Annual report of the Board of Control of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station . Plate XVII.— Piping (1) and Spraying Outfit on Float (2) for Spraying a Large Bog from One Canal.(Used primarily for cranberry diseases.). Plate XVIII. Controlling Cranberry , a, Plant injured by soap spray; I), uninjured plant: 2, toad bugs that have come whorefrom tin flooded bog; on woodwork of flume. New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 393 when disturbed. After the third and fourth molts the insects aremore active and are found more frequently on the new growth of vines. Early in September some of the females reach maturity, whenpairing begins. This function does not, as far as observed, interferewith the feeding of the females. In fact, it appears probable thatthe females feed until they commence to deposit eggs. In no stageof their development have they been observed, either in breedingcage or in the field, to feed on the leaves or leaf-petioles. Like thenymphs, the adults are shy creatures and when disturbed dodge tothe opposite side of the branch on which they have been restingor feeding. When in their characteristic positions the long forelegsof the insects hold the anterior portions of their bod
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