Author : Joseph Lyonel King
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 13,1 MB
Release : 2018-09-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781396465536
Excerpt from Tiphia Popilliavora Rohwer, a Parasite of the Japanese Beetle This Tiphia has but one generation per year. The adults occur in the field during August and early September, when both males and females may be found frequenting the flowers of wild carrot. The first to appear are males, which emerge about the latter part of the first week in August (august 7, 1928, and August 5, Females do not occur in numbers until three or four days later. Collections made during 1929 indicate that the maximum numbers of females are on the wing between August 19 and 26. Clausen, C. P., king, J. L., and teranishi, C. The parasites OF popillia japonica IN japan and chosen (korea) and their introduction into the united states. U. S. Dept. Agr. Bul.'1429, p. 33 - 41 illus. 1927. 4a detailed account of this Species is found in Department Bulletin 1429 (see foot note 3) however, it Should be noted that some changes have been made here which are in accord with the species as now established in the eastern part of the United States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.