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PESTS OF ORCHARD AND SMALL FRUITS 



home until the following spring, when it trans- 

 forms and comes out as an adult. The remedy 

 is to gather and destroy the fallen twigs. 



Tree Crickets {(Ecanthus spp.) 



Small, light green, and rather slender crickets 



make long rows of punctures in the canes of 



raspberries and blackberries, and in tender 



twigs of fruit trees, 



the injury often 



resulting in the 



death of the cane 



or twig. If a twig 



showing these char- 

 acteristic punctures 



is split, it will be 



found that the 



holes were made as 



a place to deposit eggs. The species usually 



responsible is (Ecanthus nigricornis Walk. 



The punctures are made in the latter part of 



summer, and the eggs hatch in the spring. 



There is one brood in the North, but two in the 

 South. Both young and adults feed on other insects, and should be 

 regarded as beneficial. 



Fig. 



340. — A Tree Cricket. 

 Original. 



Fig. 339. — Punc- 

 tures made by Tree 

 Crickets. Original. 



Fig. 341. — Section through twig, showing punctures of Tree 

 Crickets in detail. Enlarged. Original. 



