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First eggs laid by overwintering adults 



'About Pink 



'About early Del, 

 'Dormant on grass 

 'and weeds 



First adults 

 mature and 

 lay eggs 



'About Petal- 

 iFall or soon after 



Soon after 

 Bloom 



"'^undersiJes of 

 'leaves - grass 

 'and weeds first j 

 'later in trees 



Ifheve summer 

 eggs are laid 



'upper and lower 

 'leaf surfaces all 

 I over trees 



on~baric of~s"purs''undersi3es of 

 tv/igs, branches ' leaves 

 and trunks ' 



Egg color 



'dull red 



shTny re's 



"•"pearly white 

 t 



^pearly white to 

 I slight amber 



Number of 

 generations 



7 - 8 



6(?) 



h - 6(?) 



9-11 



Identifying 

 features of 

 adults (summe 



"brick-red J back 

 'rounded, light- 

 r) colored spcffes' 

 ' and hairs, legs 

 ' of equal length 



■T 



T 



'pale yellow or 

 'lemon yellow, 



brownish-red, 



back flattened, 



front legs much 'dark spots 



longer than 'scattered, body 



others 



'elongate oval ' 



'pale yellow or 

 'greenish yellow, 



'two large dark 

 'spots, body oval 



Activity of 

 adults and 

 young 



'move about, on 

 'both surfaces 

 'of leaves 

 T 



'general over-all 

 'dulling of green 

 'color and final- 

 ily a bronzed 



'effect 



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return to bark 'among hairs on 

 to shed skins 'undersides of 

 and lay eggs 'leaves 



'among hairs on 

 ' undersides of 

 • leaves, weobing 



Characteris- 

 tic damage 

 to leaves 



a quick yellow- 'spur leaves crin- 

 ing, usually on 'kled, mottled 

 1 or 2 branches 'yellow and brovm; 

 at first (look , 'later Ivs. cupped 

 for white, empty 'from below , yel- 

 akins on spurs) 'lowed above along 



'veins, greyish 



1 below 



'similar to Yellow 

 'mite, appears 

 'later, general 

 'yelloYiring follows, 

 'seen first on 

 'inside and low- 

 ' hanging branches, 

 'in July or later 



E, H. Wheeler 



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