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Fig. 339. — Punc- 
tures made by Tree 
Crickets. Original. 
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. Ifa twig 
showing these char- 
acteristic punctures 
is split, it be Fic. 340.— A Tree Cricket. 
found that the Original. 
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. 
Fic. 341. — Section through twig, showing punctures of Tree 
Crickets in detail. 
Enlarged. Original. 
