. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. igS DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS. their long fast in hibernation, on the opening grape buds, they then lay their yellow eggs in the crevices around the buds. From these eggs hatch small brown grubs which eat irregular holes in the leaves (Fig. 265) in June. These grubs (Fig. 264) go into the ground and transform to the pretty blue beetles in about ten days. The beetles emerge and feed upon various plants during the rest of the season, but lay no eggs. Pigs. 26
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. igS DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS. their long fast in hibernation, on the opening grape buds, they then lay their yellow eggs in the crevices around the buds. From these eggs hatch small brown grubs which eat irregular holes in the leaves (Fig. 265) in June. These grubs (Fig. 264) go into the ground and transform to the pretty blue beetles in about ten days. The beetles emerge and feed upon various plants during the rest of the season, but lay no eggs. Pigs. 263, 264. Fig. 265. The Grape-vine Flea-beetle. Fig. 263.—Beetle. Fig. 264.—I/arva. Fig. 265.—Beetles and larvse at work on leaves, natural size. Figs. 263 and 264 maoh enlarged. (U. S. Div. of Ento- mology.) for another brood of grubs until the next spring. They hiber- nate in any sheltered place around the vines. This serious pest of the grape-growers can be easily con- trolled by the thorough use of a poison spray on the bursting buds in early spring; use Paris green at the rate of one pound in fifty to seventy-five gallons of water, to which two pounds of freshly slaked lime are added, and be sure not to let the beetles get the start of you in the spring. Or the beetles may be jarred from the buds into pans of kerosene, or on to sheets soaked in kerosene; the beetles quickly drop when the vine. 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 Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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