RMPG26H2–. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. LABGE TTORMS BORIXG IX BVD OR FRUIT 211 The Cowpea Curculio (Chalcodcrmus a'ncus Boh.) The pods of cowpeas are punctured, and earl>' in the spring young cotton phints are injm-ed, by the feeding of tliis beetle. The immature stage or grub lives witliin tlie growing " peas," and ruins them for seed. The adult beetle is one fourth of an inch long, bronze black, its thorax and wing covers deeply pitted. When working on cotton, the beetles puncture the tender stems. The insect lubernates as an adult.
RMRDAMM2–. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. LABGE TTORMS BORIXG IX BVD OR FRUIT 211 The Cowpea Curculio (Chalcodcrmus a'ncus Boh.) The pods of cowpeas are punctured, and earl>' in the spring young cotton phints are injm-ed, by the feeding of tliis beetle. The immature stage or grub lives witliin tlie growing " peas," and ruins them for seed. The adult beetle is one fourth of an inch long, bronze black, its thorax and wing covers deeply pitted. When working on cotton, the beetles puncture the tender stems. The insect lubernates as an adult.
RMRDHN91–. Outlines of plant life : with special reference to form and function . Botany. Fig. 246.—A fruit of Barbadoes cotton, open, exposing the voluminous hairs (commer- cial cotton) which clothe the seeds. Natural size.—After Kemer.. Fig. 247. Fig. 248. Fig. 247.—Fruit of Agrimonia, halved; showing torus, carrying calyx and withered stamens above, covered with hooks, and enclosing the hard pericarp, with a single seed. A pistil which did not mature lies to the right. Compare torus in fig. 175. Magnified about 8 diam.—After Baillon. Fig. 248.—Fruit of tick trefoil {Desmodiuni Canadense). A, pods wh
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