. Circular (Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Zoology.), 1918. Agricultural pests; Agriculture. n ASPARAGUS BEETLE. Dark blue and white checkered beetles and their slate-gray larvae devour the asparagus tips and deli- cate foliage. The slender eggs are placed on end along the leaflets. Control:—Arsenate of lead spray occasionally. SQUASH BUG. Fig. 8. Young squash and pumpkin plants are injured by the squash bug, a rather large brown bug with a jointed sucking beak and anj^fifensive odor, ^^y shiny brown eggs, look- ing like tiny seeds, are laid in orderly arrange- ment on the u
. Circular (Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Zoology.), 1918. Agricultural pests; Agriculture. n ASPARAGUS BEETLE. Dark blue and white checkered beetles and their slate-gray larvae devour the asparagus tips and deli- cate foliage. The slender eggs are placed on end along the leaflets. Control:—Arsenate of lead spray occasionally. SQUASH BUG. Fig. 8. Young squash and pumpkin plants are injured by the squash bug, a rather large brown bug with a jointed sucking beak and anj^fifensive odor, ^^y shiny brown eggs, look- ing like tiny seeds, are laid in orderly arrange- ment on the underside i mM I -^"tV"^*^^ of foliage. Control: —Examine leaves and destroy eggs and young by crushing Fig- ^- them Spray strong enough to kill the bugs may injure the young plants. RADISH AND CABBAGE MAGGOTS. Small white maggots burrow and tunnel through the flesh of radishes Fig. 10), and eat away the under- ground stem of young cabbage, cauli- flower and onion plants. The adult is a dark colored fly, about the size of the common housefly, which lays eggs at the base of the young plants in the soil. There may be two or three generations each year. ^^s- ^^-. 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 Pennsylvania. Dept. of Agriculture Bureau of Zoology; Pennsylvania. Dept. of Agriculture. Harrisburg, Pa. : Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Zoology
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