. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. Fig. 9. — Green-bug {Tox- optera graminum); Wing- less Adult. Greatly enlarged. (After S. J. Hunter.) The green-bug is a plant-louse of green color and very small size, that sucks the juices from the young plant. It has many natural enemies which, after the early cool part of the season, usually keep it in subjection. One of these enemies, a lady-bug beetle (Fig. 10), has sometimes been artificially bred and dis- tributed as a means of com- bating the green-bug, especially before the weather has become warm enough to bring forth
. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. Fig. 9. — Green-bug {Tox- optera graminum); Wing- less Adult. Greatly enlarged. (After S. J. Hunter.) The green-bug is a plant-louse of green color and very small size, that sucks the juices from the young plant. It has many natural enemies which, after the early cool part of the season, usually keep it in subjection. One of these enemies, a lady-bug beetle (Fig. 10), has sometimes been artificially bred and dis- tributed as a means of com- bating the green-bug, especially before the weather has become warm enough to bring forth ^V.\-^.^c:i^:^^.: -fZ'^y --y °* the enemies ; of this pest. Right, advdt beetle ; left, larva. Another parasite on this plant- Enlarged. (After S. J. Hunter.) louse is a tiny four-winged insect. \. 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 Duggar, J. F. (John Frederick), 1868-. New York, The Macmillan company
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