. Economic entomology for the farmer.. . Buffalo tree-hopper, Ceresa bubalus.—a, adult; 5, c, d, tarsus, antenna, and wing- f,g, tip of abdomen, showing ovipositor. cuttings to destroy the eggs. Active insecticide applications are hardly indicated. Next come the cicadas, or "harvest-flies," often miscalled locusts, and the largest of the Homoptera. They are easily known by their broad, transparent wings, the large head with prominent eyes set on each side, and by their intensely shrill, loud song, which during midsummer forms one of the common sounds of the country. The author of thi

. Economic entomology for the farmer.. . Buffalo tree-hopper, Ceresa bubalus.—a, adult; 5, c, d, tarsus, antenna, and wing- f,g, tip of abdomen, showing ovipositor. cuttings to destroy the eggs. Active insecticide applications are hardly indicated. Next come the cicadas, or "harvest-flies," often miscalled locusts, and the largest of the Homoptera. They are easily known by their broad, transparent wings, the large head with prominent eyes set on each side, and by their intensely shrill, loud song, which during midsummer forms one of the common sounds of the country. The author of thi Stock Photo
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. Economic entomology for the farmer.. . Buffalo tree-hopper, Ceresa bubalus.—a, adult; 5, c, d, tarsus, antenna, and wing- f, g, tip of abdomen, showing ovipositor. cuttings to destroy the eggs. Active insecticide applications are hardly indicated. Next come the cicadas, or "harvest-flies, " often miscalled locusts, and the largest of the Homoptera. They are easily known by their broad, transparent wings, the large head with prominent eyes set on each side, and by their intensely shrill, loud song, which during midsummer forms one of the common sounds of the country. The author of this concert is the ' * dog-day harvest-fly, " greenish in color, more or less marked with black. The noise is produced by an elaborate drumming and resonating structure on the under side of the thorax and abdomen of the