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and upon the silk at the tip of the ear until the latter dies, when 
a few of them creep down between the husks, and feed upon the 
corn itself, while others resort for food to the pollen of such weeds 
in the field as are at that time in blossom. In September and Oc- 
tober the eggs are laid in the ground upon or about the roots of 
the corn, and most of the beetles soon after disappear from the 
field. They may ordinarily be found upon the late blooming plants, 
feeding as usual upon the pollen of the flowers. and also to some 
extent. upon molds and other fungi, and upon decaying vegetation. 
There can be no doubt that the imsect is single-brooded, that 
it hibernates in the egg as a rule, and that this does not hatch 
until after the ground has been plowed and planted to corn in the 
spring, probably in May and June.” 
