A Treatise on Some of the Insects of New England which are Injurious to VegetationWhite & Potter, 1852 - 513 pages |
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... number of smaller pipes , supply the want of lungs , and carry the air to every part . Insects do not breathe through their mouths , but through little holes , called spiracles , generally nine in number , along each side of the body ...
... number of smaller pipes , supply the want of lungs , and carry the air to every part . Insects do not breathe through their mouths , but through little holes , called spiracles , generally nine in number , along each side of the body ...
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... number , and vary greatly in form and consistence , in the situation of the wing - bones or veins , as they are generally called , and in their position or the manner in which they are closed or folded when at rest . The under - side of ...
... number , and vary greatly in form and consistence , in the situation of the wing - bones or veins , as they are generally called , and in their position or the manner in which they are closed or folded when at rest . The under - side of ...
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... numbers of noxious insects ; some are of much service in the arts , affording us the costly cochineal , scarlet grain , lac , and manna ; but the benefits derived from these are more than counterbalanced by the injuries committed by the ...
... numbers of noxious insects ; some are of much service in the arts , affording us the costly cochineal , scarlet grain , lac , and manna ; but the benefits derived from these are more than counterbalanced by the injuries committed by the ...
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... numbers of which they destroy . The mantispians ( Mantispada ) , and the scorpion - flies ( Panor- pada ) , are also ... number live wholly on vegetable food , certain kinds being exclusively leaf - eaters , while others attack the buds ...
... numbers of which they destroy . The mantispians ( Mantispada ) , and the scorpion - flies ( Panor- pada ) , are also ... number live wholly on vegetable food , certain kinds being exclusively leaf - eaters , while others attack the buds ...
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... numbers of caterpillars and other noxious insects are preyed upon by internal enemies , the larvæ of the ichneumon- flies ( Evaniada , Ichneumonidæ , and Chalcidida ) , which live upon the fat of their victims , and finally destroy them ...
... numbers of caterpillars and other noxious insects are preyed upon by internal enemies , the larvæ of the ichneumon- flies ( Evaniada , Ichneumonidæ , and Chalcidida ) , which live upon the fat of their victims , and finally destroy them ...
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abdomen Angoumois antennæ appear August band bark beetles belong beneath black spots blackish borers broad brood brown brownish burrow called canker-worms caterpillars Cecidomyia chrysalis Cicada cocoons color concealed covered cylindrical destroy devour dots dusky edge entomologists Fabricius feelers females flies fore wings fully grown genus grain ground grubs habits hairs hatched head Hemiptera Hessian fly hind body hind wings hinder holes horse-flies Hymenoptera inch and three inch in length inch long injurious insects joints July June kinds larva larvæ latter lay their eggs leaves legs Linnæus live locust-tree locusts maggots males Massachusetts middle moth narrow nearly numbers Orthoptera oval pair pale piercer plant-lice plants punctures pupa ravages reddish resemble ring seen short side skin slender sometimes species stripe swarms tapering tenths thick thorax transformations transverse trees trunks warts weevil wheat whitish wing-covers wings expand yellow yellowish young
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Page 92 - ... fragments of wood, to get rid of which the grubs are often obliged to open new holes through the bark. The seat of their operations is known by the oozing of the sap and the dropping of the sawdust from the holes. The bark around the part attacked begins to swell, and in a few years the trunks and limbs will become disfigured and weakened by large porous tumors, caused by the efforts of the trees to repair the injuries they have suffered.
Page 92 - July, soon become pupa?, and are changed to beetles and leave the trees early in September. Thus the existence of this species is limited to one year. White-washing, and covering the trunks of the trees with grafting composition, may prevent the female from depositing her eggs upon them ; but this practice cannot be carried to any great extent in plantations or large nurseries of the trees.
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