A Report on the Insects of Massachusetts: Injurious to VegetationFolsom, Wells, and Thurston, printers to the University, 1841 - 459 pages |
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... sometimes of one joint only , more often of two , three , four , or five pieces ( tarsi ) , connected end to end ... sometimes an additional fleshy prop - leg under the hindmost extremity ; caterpillars and false caterpillars have , be ...
... sometimes of one joint only , more often of two , three , four , or five pieces ( tarsi ) , connected end to end ... sometimes an additional fleshy prop - leg under the hindmost extremity ; caterpillars and false caterpillars have , be ...
Page 10
... sometimes also with a terminal prop - leg ; more rarely without legs . Pupa with the wings and the legs distinct and unconfined . Many of these insects , particularly in the larva state , are very in- jurious to vegetation . The tiger ...
... sometimes also with a terminal prop - leg ; more rarely without legs . Pupa with the wings and the legs distinct and unconfined . Many of these insects , particularly in the larva state , are very in- jurious to vegetation . The tiger ...
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... sometimes almost to madness by their severe and incessant punctures . The winged horse- ticks ( Hippobosca ) , the ... sometimes called , appear to take no food while in the winged state , and are destitute of a pro- boscis ; the ...
... sometimes almost to madness by their severe and incessant punctures . The winged horse- ticks ( Hippobosca ) , the ... sometimes called , appear to take no food while in the winged state , and are destitute of a pro- boscis ; the ...
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... sometimes in great abundance , during the months of July and August . It is of an oblong oval shape , and about an inch long . The wing - covers are tile - colored , or dull brownish yellow , with three distant black dots on each ; the ...
... sometimes in great abundance , during the months of July and August . It is of an oblong oval shape , and about an inch long . The wing - covers are tile - colored , or dull brownish yellow , with three distant black dots on each ; the ...
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... sometimes with two oblique blackish spots on the top , and sometimes almost entirely black ; the wing - covers resemble those of the male ; the legs are clay - yellow , or light red . The males are sometimes en- tirely black , and this ...
... sometimes with two oblique blackish spots on the top , and sometimes almost entirely black ; the wing - covers resemble those of the male ; the legs are clay - yellow , or light red . The males are sometimes en- tirely black , and this ...
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abdomen Angoumois antennæ appear band bark beetles belong beneath black spots blackish body borers broad brood brown brownish burrow called canker-worms caterpillars Cecidomyia chrysalis Cicada cocoons color covered cylindrical devour dots dusky edge Entomology Fabricius feelers female flies fore-wings forepart fully grown genus grain gray ground grubs habits hairs hatched head Hemiptera Hessian fly hind hind-wings hinder hindmost holes horse-flies Hymenoptera inch and three inch in length inch long injurious insects July June kinds larva larvæ latter lay their eggs leaves legs Linnæus live locust-tree locusts maggots males Massachusetts middle moths narrow nearly numbers ochre-yellow Orthoptera oval pair pale piercer plant-lice plants punctures pupa ravages reddish resemble ring saw-flies seen short skin slender sometimes species spines stripe tapering tenths thick thorax transformations transparent transverse trees trunks under-side warts weevils whitish wing-covers wings expand yellow yellowish young