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Cabbage Worm. — larva and adult. 



HAELEQUIN CABBAGE BUG. 



This is a small sucking insect of a dark color with orange 

 yellow markings. It is not confined to the cabbage plant 

 alone, but feeds upon a number of cruciferous plants. The 

 adult lives through the winter, and deposits its eggs upon the 



Harlequin Cabbage Bug. — a, b, young : c, d, e, eggs ; /, g, adult 

 natural size. 



young plants as soon as they are set out. The eggs hatch in 

 about a week or less into a minute insect resembling very 

 much the adult, except that it is smaller and has no wings. 

 The insect pierces the plants by means of its mouth parts 

 and sucks the juices. It develops in a little less than two 

 weeks into an adult insect. This insect does not pass through 

 the inactive pupa stage of most insects, but feeds continu- 



