. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. ATTACKING THE FRUIT. 317 they measure about half an inch across. The body is green above and white beneath. As the larva of this insect is not usually observed until the fruit is ripe, no poisonous applications to destroy it could be used, and resort must be had, if anything is done, to hand- picking. One species of parasitic insect is known to prey on it. No. 185.—The Flea-like Negro-bug. Coi^imelcena pulicaria Germ. This disgusting little pest is not at all uncommon on ripe raspberries. Its presen


. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. ATTACKING THE FRUIT. 317 they measure about half an inch across. The body is green above and white beneath. As the larva of this insect is not usually observed until the fruit is ripe, no poisonous applications to destroy it could be used, and resort must be had, if anything is done, to hand- picking. One species of parasitic insect is known to prey on it. No. 185.—The Flea-like Negro-bug. Coi^imelcena pulicaria Germ. This disgusting little pest is not at all uncommon on ripe raspberries. Its presence may be discovered by the fruit having a nauseous buggy odor, but the insect is so small that it is often taken into the mouth un- . , JIG. ool. noticed until the disgusting flavor reveals its presence. In Fig. 331 we have a magnified outline of this insect, the smaller sketch at the side showing its natural size. It is of a black color, with a whitish stripe along each side, and is furnished with a pointed beak or sucker, with which it punctures the fruit and extracts its juices. This troublesome visitor is also found on the blackberry, and occasionally on the SUPPLEMENTAEY LIST OF INJURIOUS INSECTS WHICH AEEECT THE EASPBEREY. ATTACKING THE LEAVES. The fall web-worm, ; the oblique-banded leaf-roller, No. 35; the saddle-back caterpillar. No. 49 ; the apple leaf- miner, No. 50 ; the yellow woolly-bear. No. 146; the py- ramidal grape-vine caterpillar. No. 147; the neat strawberry leaf-roller. No. 193; the smeared dagger. No. 194; and the cucumber flea-beetle. No. 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 Saunders, William, 1836-1914. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co


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