VEGETABLE INSECTS. 



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bud. The adult beetle is a small, dark-gray, long-snouted weevil. 

 Control. — The beetles should be hand picked and the affected 

 buds gathered and destroyed. 



HEMISPHERICAL SCALE {Saissetia hemisphwrica) . 



This brown hemispherical scale oc- 

 curs on a very wide range of host plants, 

 among which is the eggplant. It some- 

 times occurs in such numbers as to 

 completely cover the stems and branches 

 of this plant. 



The insect that lives under this brown 

 shell-like covering, sucks the juices of 

 the plant, and when it occurs in such 

 numbers as mentioned above, soon kills 

 the host. 



Fig. 54._Tobaceo Split Worm Control. — This scale may be destroyed 



(Piithomeria aperculella) . . spraying the plants with kerosene 

 a, moth ; h, larva ; c, larva ; -^ J" • " ^ . . 



d, pupa. (U. S. Bureau of emulsion, one part of stock solution m 

 Entomology.) fifteen parts of water. Directions for 



making the stock solution are given on page 268. 



THE WTHTE SCALE {Hemichionaspis minor). 



This small flaky white scale also attacks the stems and branches 

 of the eggplant, but it is usually not nearly so abundant and causes 



far less damage than the preceding species. 

 It may be controlled in a similiar manner. 



OTHER EGGPLANT INSECTS. 



Clianga (see General Feeders, page 270) ; 

 Diahrotka graminea, feeds on flowers (see 

 Okra, page 302) ; Epitrix curumeris (see To- 

 matoes, page 310) ; grasshoppers (see General 

 Fig..')"). — Tlio Egii- „ , n-,c\\ -r i £ • j 



,)lant Stem Bo?er Feeders, page 272) ; Laphxjgma truf)ipcrda, 



V 



{Baris torquaius). 



Adult beetle. 



feeds on foliage and fruit (sei' Corn, page 

 288) ; tiyslena Ixisdtis (see Carrots, page 284). 



LETTUCE. 



Nacoleia indicata webs and feeds on the leaves (see Beans, 

 I)age 278) 



