WALNUT HUSKMAGGOT CLASSIC REPRINT

ISBN: 9781528124263 Géneros: PSV Sinópsis: Excerpt from Walnut HuskMaggotThe egg pl II b c d is white bananashaped distinctly curved to 1 mm In length by mm In width one end tapering gradu ally to a rounded point the other end tapering more abruptly and ending in a minute but distinct spur or pedicle The eggs are placed in masses compressed closely together pl II b 0 cl in oviposition punctures extending 2 mm more or less beneath the skin of the nuts The female will oviposit freely in any fresh puncture which she may find in the skin made otherwise than with her ovipositor Small punctures made experimentally in the Husk with a sharp point usually were found promptlyby the females and filled with eggs In some cases such punctures would be packed with eggs and the flies would continue to oviposit on the surface Until a small mound of eggs covered the opening in the skin pl II d One artificial puncture in a black walnut was found to contain 186 eggs and several punctures made with the ovipositor were found to hold upwards of 60 eggs each The eggs apparently hatch in from 7 to 10 daysAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart 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