REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 45. 



their small size the insects might easily escape detection, yet great 

 numbers of them were present and we believe that they were the 

 cause of the injury to the seed crop. By its beak the insect extracts 

 the juices from the tender succulent parts of the flower. We examin- 

 ed a large number of kinds of wild and cultivated blossoms in vari- 

 ous parts of the state and found the insects in practically every blos- 

 som examined. This species was unusually common. No effective 

 remedy is known for this insect. 



