. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. ATTACKING THE LEAVES. m The female, also shown in Fig. 108, is a wingless, spider- like creature, with slender, thread-like antennae, yellowish- white body, sprinkled on the sides with black dots, and with two black spots on the top of each ring except the last, which has only one. The head is black in front, and the legs are ringed with black. She is furnished with a jointed ovi- positor, which can be protruded or drawn in at pleasure, and from which the eggs are deposited. As soon as the females l
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. ATTACKING THE LEAVES. m The female, also shown in Fig. 108, is a wingless, spider- like creature, with slender, thread-like antennae, yellowish- white body, sprinkled on the sides with black dots, and with two black spots on the top of each ring except the last, which has only one. The head is black in front, and the legs are ringed with black. She is furnished with a jointed ovi- positor, which can be protruded or drawn in at pleasure, and from which the eggs are deposited. As soon as the females leave the ground, they climb up ihe trees and await the attendance of the males. The eggs are oval, of a pale-yellow color, and covered with a net-work of raised lines. They are laid in little clusters here and there on the branches. As the habits of this insect are similar to those of the canker-worm, the remedies recommended for the latter will prove equally efficient in this instance. No. 47.âThe White Eugenia. Eugonia subsignaria (Hubner). This insect has only recently been reported as injurious to the foliage of the apple. It has long been known as de- structive to shade-trees, particularly the elm. From a com- munication to the ^^ Canadian Entomologist,'^ vol. xiv. p. 30, by Mr. Charles R. Dodge, of Washington, , it appears ^^^' â ^^^⢠that the larva of this moth has become exceedingly in- jurious to apple-trees in some parts of Georgia. The moth is pure white, and measures, when its wings are spread, about an inch and a half across. In the male the antennae are pectinated or toothed (Fig. 109 represents a male); in the female they are much less toothed. When resting on the trees, these moths. 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 Saunders, William, 1836-1914. Philadelphia, J. B. Lipp
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