 In about four days, in warm weather, they hatch, and the pale-red larvse "crawl down the leaf, working their way in between it and the main stalk, passing downward till they come to a joint, just above which they remain, a little below the surface of...  Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents - Page 57by United States. Patent Office - 1855Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Maunder - Animals - 1848 - 924 pages
...colour. Forthwith they crawl down the leaf, and work their way between it and the main stalk, patHÏug downwards till they come to a joint, just above which...ground, with the head towards the root of the plant. ITavlng thuH fixed themselves upon the stalk, they become stationary, and never move from the place... | |
 | Thaddeus William Harris - Beneficial insects - 1852 - 536 pages
...shells, are of a pale red color. Forthwith they crawl down the leaf, and work their way between it and the main stalk, passing downwards till they come...they become stationary, and never move from the place till their transformations are completed. They do not eat the stalk, neither do they penetrate within... | |
 | Charles Fox - Agriculture - 1854 - 380 pages
...between it and the main stalk, passing dowu till it comes to a joint, just above which it remains, a little below the surface of the ground, with the head towards the root of the plant. Here it rests till its transformations are completed. It uiether eats the stalk, nor penetiates within... | |
 | Charles Fox - History - 1854 - 364 pages
...between it and the main stalk, passing down till it comes to a joint, just above which it remains, a little below the surface of the ground, with the head towards the root of the plant. Here it rests till its transformations are completed. It niether ears the £talk $ nor penetrates within... | |
 | Michigan State Agricultural Society - Agriculture - 1859 - 600 pages
...main stalk, passing downwards till they come to a joint, just above which they remain, a little above the surface of the ground, with the head towards the root of the plant. Having thus fixed themselves they become stationary, and never move from the place till their transformations are completed. They... | |
 | Thaddeus William Harris - Beneficial insects - 1862 - 700 pages
...are of a pale red color. Fig. 258.^ Forthwith they crawl down the leaf, and work their way between it and the main stalk, passing downwards till they come...they become stationary, and never move from the place till their transformations are completed. They do not eat the stalk, neither do they penetrate within... | |
 | Biology - 1869 - 748 pages
...pale-red larvre "crawl down the leaf, working their way in between it und the main stalk, pawing downward till they come to a joint, just above which they remain,...little below the surface of the ground, with the head towunls the root of the plant. Here they imbibe the sap by suction alone, and, by the simple pressure... | |
 | Biology - 1869 - 744 pages
...their way in between it and the main stalk, passing downward till they come to a joint, just ahove which they remain, a little below the surface of the...ground, with the head towards the root of the plant. Here they imbibe the sap by suction alone, and, by the simple pressure of their bodies, become imbedded... | |
 | Alpheus Spring Packard - Beneficial insects - 1870 - 756 pages
...weather, they hatch and the pale red larvae (u) "crawl down the leaf, working their way in between it and the main stalk, passing downwards till they come to a joint, just above which they remain, Fig. 279. a little below the surface of the ground, with the head towards the root of the plant" (c).... | |
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