Farm Spies How the Boys Investigated Field Crop Insects
Farm Spies How the Boys Investigated Field Crop Insects
Albert F Albert Frederick Conradi
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" 64 FARM SPIES (After Smith, N. C. Exp. Sta. ) working their way out of the eggshell at hatching time. When the egg has been pushed into place, the mother seals the opening of the cavity and that hides the egg and young grub from enemies that might be lurking about the corn. " "You mean to say that the little FIG. 36. "They white grubs you find in the corn are are white, hump- backed, and leg- the young of the black weevils? asked Sam Dixon. "Most of the grubs you find around here are/' the en...tomologist replied, "but there are a number of white grubs in corn that do not make weevils. You can tell the weevil grubs without any trouble be- cause they are white, hump- backed, and legless. The grubs eat the inside of the grain, and when they become full grown they change to a quiet or resting- stage, called pupa, and from this pupa the full-grown weevil comes. In warm weather the time required from egg to full-grown insect is from five to seven weeks, but in cool weather a longer time is required.
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