ENEMIES OF PLANTS. 



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FIG. III.--LADYBUG AND I.ARVA PREYTNG UPON SCALE INSECTS 



INFESTING A PEAR. 



(After Howard and Marlatt, Division of Entomologj', Department of .\gri- 

 cnlture, Washington, D. C.) 



squashes, melons, and cucumbers. This beetle 

 is yellowish in color with big black spots, and is 

 slightly pubescent.^ The larva is also yellow 

 and covered with forked spines. 



Lace-winged Fly. — Another strong ally in 

 fi^i-htine our insect foes is the common lace- 



year-book lb9o. 



FIG. 112. — Epilachna lorrupta. 



a— L,ar\-a. *— Beetle, c— Pupa, rf— Egg mass. All about three times 



natural size. 



