. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . 274 INSECTS INFESTING WHEAT. Fig. 258. Fig. 258.—Crane Fly- color, brown. These long-legged two-winged flies (Figs. 257, S,and 258), which some-what resemble giganticmosquitoes, are familiarto almost everybody, andknown as the Dadd)^Long-legs. The greaternumber of them live indecayed vegetable mat-ter, and are hence notinjurious to the agricul-turist in this State, sofar as at present known. The pupa (Fig. 257, ^,) is somewhatcylindri
. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . 274 INSECTS INFESTING WHEAT. Fig. 258. Fig. 258.—Crane Fly- color, brown. These long-legged two-winged flies (Figs. 257, S,and 258), which some-what resemble giganticmosquitoes, are familiarto almost everybody, andknown as the Dadd)^Long-legs. The greaternumber of them live indecayed vegetable mat-ter, and are hence notinjurious to the agricul-turist in this State, sofar as at present known. The pupa (Fig. 257, ^,) is somewhatcylindrical, and at the anterior end are two horn-like pro-jections. Remp:dies.—In gardens, use No. 55, A. In fields, deep plow-ing, thorough drainage, and cleaning the grounds. See , No. 32, A. B., and No. lOB, CHAPTER CLXXXIII. The Hessian Fly. (CecidoDu/ia (Icstructoi:—Say.) Order, Diptera ; Family, CEciDOMYiDyE. [Living between the leaves and the stalk on the lower partof the wlieat plant; an oval, cylindrical, white, fleshy maggot,finally transforming into a brownish two-winged fly.] Among the wheat pests dreaded in the Eastern States is theHessian fly. I have not found this insect in California. INSECTS INFESTING WHEAT. 275 Fig. 259.
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