INSECT INTRUDERS. 



shikaring slowly over the brilliant 

 flowers during 1 the rainy months. 



The observant gardener will have 

 noticed on his rose leaves at intervals 

 during the monsoon a little cluster of 

 8 12 round white translucent objects 

 looking like a little cluster of a child's 

 tiny white beads. These little clusters 

 are eggs. It is possible that they 

 contain some poisonous matter in them 

 inimical to birds and to ordinary 

 predaceous insect life since they are 

 invariably deposited exposed and 

 easily visible on the leaf and yet they 

 do not appear to get eaten. 



If these little clusters are watched, one 

 day a number of small blackish insects 

 will be seen to emerge from the eggs. 

 They remain for a short time clustered 

 round the broken outer coverings, but 

 soon acquire strength enough to wan- 

 der off separately over the rose bush. 

 These little insects are Bugs, that is, 

 their mouth parts consist of a proboscis 

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