Annual report of the Board of Agriculture for the year ending June 30th (1883) (14581606460)

Identifier: annualreportofbo8188verm (find matches)
Title: Annual report ... of the Board of Agriculture for the year ending June 30th ..
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Vermont. State Board of Agriculture Vermont. State Board of Agriculture, Manufactures and Mining
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: Montpelier, The Board
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign



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Fig. 8, Fig. 7. Plate I. THE SPINED SOLDIER BUG. Arma spinosa. This order, Hemiptera, contains many cannibalistic insects, but thespined soldier bug is one of the most common and friendly. (Platen,Figure 3.) Let every farmer protect him. THE GREEN SOLDIER BUG. Raphigaster Maris. This is also a deadly enemy of the potato beetle, and is shown inPlate ii, Figure 4. All this class of beneficial insects should be pro-tected by all. But we should first know them. INSECTS. 249
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Fig. 5. Plate II. 250 VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. WHEEL BUG. Prionotus cristatus, Lin. This is a deadly eneni3r to caterpillars, plant lice, etc. They killtheir prey by inserting their beak and injecting a powerful poison.Their bite is more to be dreaded than the sting of a wasp. (Plate n,Figure 5). METAPODIUS. Acanthocephala femorata. The report of the United States Department of Agriculture says, itis so called from its swollen, spiny thighs, is a large reddish-brown orblackish insect, quite abundant in the Southern cotton fields. It isvery slow in its motions, and appears to be fond of basking in the sun.The thighs are strongly developed and spiny, especially on the underside, while the shanks have broad thin plate or leaf-like projectionson their sides, which gives these insects a very peculiar appearance.The eggs are smooth, short, oval, and have been found arranged inbeads like a necklace on the leaf of white pine. The full-grown insectis said to injure cherries in the Western