The Lantern-Flies and Their Allies 



can forms are all small, some resembling leaf-hoppers and others 

 looking almost like little moths. The green Plata (Chlorochroa 

 conica) feeds on corn and the foliage of the sugar beet in Illinois 

 and elsewhere. 



Life History of the Frosted Lightning Hopper 



(Ormenis pruinosa, Say.,) 



The so-called "frosted lightning hopper," as this little insect 

 is called, belongs to the subfamily Flatinae, and is one of the 

 moth-like forms. It varies from lead-color to pale green, and is 

 dusted over with a fine white powder, which makes it appear 

 frosted. The eggs are laid in small twigs of sassafras and other 

 trees in a continuous raised slit. They are dirty yellow in color, 

 each i mm. long, and are laid on their sides end to end. 



About the middle of May these eggs hatch into delicate little 

 hoppers, which immediately settle on the new growth, insert 

 their beaks and begin to pump up sap. They then copiously 

 secrete a powdery waxy secretion which completely covers 

 them. They grow slowly, molt three times and the adult insect 

 issues from the last nymphal skin about September, soon after- 

 wards commencing to lay the hibernating eggs. 



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