. Elementary entomology . A corn bill-bug FIG. 253. (Spheiiophoms ochreus). (Twice natural size) (After Webster) its eggs in the FIG. 252. The chestnut weevil Strawberrvbuds (Balaninus proboscideus Fab.). (Natural size) which it then cuts off, and the larvae feed on the develop- ing flowers, often causing serious loss. The cotton-boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is probably the most important species from an economic standpoint, causing a loss of over twenty-five million dollars annually. The most striking of all the weevils are the acorn and chestnut weevils, with snouts much longer than the
. Elementary entomology . A corn bill-bug FIG. 253. (Spheiiophoms ochreus). (Twice natural size) (After Webster) its eggs in the FIG. 252. The chestnut weevil Strawberrvbuds (Balaninus proboscideus Fab.). (Natural size) which it then cuts off, and the larvae feed on the develop- ing flowers, often causing serious loss. The cotton-boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is probably the most important species from an economic standpoint, causing a loss of over twenty-five million dollars annually. The most striking of all the weevils are the acorn and chestnut weevils, with snouts much longer than the body, enabling them to drill through the chestnut bur and de- posit the egg within the nut, in which the larva develops. Almost all of our common nuts are attacked by some species of these weevils, which often are a serious nuisance.
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