Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-06-22
From The ,hius F,unsr.
Aphis. or Plani.Louse.

Notu" NNtNa'iasAlN ANNuNNAnAu NaH N@tt'a
tbs the " Aec Of Plan,-LicS." and Il -,
look a. the history OF this wonderful Insect
to trace the details OF which has puIlled
- many naiuralists. who. a1er long re,
search, are Just coming to the true eSplaua,
ti5n,-vs shall feel like joiuins in with the
Frsaehman's characteristics remark. W,
kuow o. no inscc, 80 numcrou, in i,lyiiu.
as, aud different kind.-sO UNIVERSAL,
abundant, and therefore - Injurious. EJ'
ery forest tre,. every shrub, anl many an
herb has is peculiar aphis. The apple tree
has three kind.-onc fsciin: On the roots,
another on The truuk. and = third on the
leaves And al in such numbers, OF such
unparalleled vorac,iy. and Of such marvel
l5us powers Of reproducing their kind, A'
would make every gardener actually ir'n.
De IN he boots if be were fully aware si
their IA ,s,hisvou' powers.
Look at ii. history Early in October
la,i. after the frosts had -, 10. Nc VISITED a
White pine bush, thatata distance Looked
black anl unhealthy Coming up 20 ii, on
el5.s inspection We found numbers o.! black
aph. laying THAR ess. on their terminal
l,ave.-vhols strings Of ess--hunircl'
ever sersut part. Q, the bush. 4 fort.
night since. a. bush was alive with th,
SPIN. brood Of lic,. A youns apple bush
near ~. was loaded down with swarms Of
huu-,rins. thirsty, instiAblc plani.lics.
And now commences the nArvel' Of the bis,
tory. The Young lice, after leaving The ess
soon come to maturity. The brood, without
exception. al females, produce young alive,
vhs Immediately stick their bills into the
lsai sr bark aHi hardly stop sucking till the
Jay Sf their death. Ia fortnight they are
grown ur, and produce brood AFTER brood,
making usually ten ssasuisns in a season.
The ten,h brood consists Of males and iS-
males, coming az the ed Of summer. The
females Of shi. Srool lay their ess, early in
the fall. in the bark Of trees, or on the axis
Of The terminal tvis.. or, a. in the ca', of
Oh. pine above stated, on the snd Of the
leaves
So ihs family Of one spring aPhi,. One
trooI consists Of f',y or a hundred young 4,
= second brood Of the same nuaber, in a
few d,y, will produce = sce5sl century, or
ten thousand grandchildren Of the fr.taphi',
- that our EranIau, at the tenth genera
ton. will Be the founder OF family Of on,
I.l,g What hos, g. eoatcni with, tho
hundreds Of insects that prey on ih.n are
daily aud hourly helping Us. Read DR..
Ftch's experience with the cherry aphis
A r5v % seven Young cherry trees, ten fee;
high. were infested with the lice " BY
counting the nun5sr Of leaves upon some Of
the limbs. and tbe numbgr o, limbs On the
tree, I end a small cherry tree Of the size
above stated, j. clothed with about seven.
teen thousand leaves And az the time al.
lulsl %, ;hc.s leave. could not have aver
ssol les ,han I've or ~ hundred lice upon
each, AMI tLcre was fully a ihiri more oc-
copying the stems AL the tips Of ihe tWiss
Zach Of thes, small ,-ces was therefore
stocked With az lsas; twelve millions Of the,
creatures. And yet - 'siians, - sharp.
sighted and vlric,1us we're their ensmis.,
that at ihs end ola few days the whole were
e1,srnIpa,sI
These enemies ars birds. the hdy.birl..
beetle. (Co1gall) in i,s mature and larva
state, aud the young arhis.ay tSyTlu',l
and lAsc-vinsyi ~ (Clyupa.l We
must as, count in the internal parasite,
tIt71.wsy) that % imueuse damage TO
their ranks. The time &. coming when, a.,
in Elr5p", gardener. will have 10 huDi over
the wool, AMI Geld. ilr ,hess untaral enc
mi,. Of On, aphi. Oue arhi,-ay larya will
clear, in a Jay 1r two, a shrub infested with
ta.m.
Au,.auI plant Ice are inserarAble friends.
Toy are Away, found together. Watch
an ant a. De travels up an apple tree. The
sun stand. AZ mil.hsavcu, but the ant Is go
ing 70 milk hi. cows. Ilc come. up to an
aphis. and sirokc- il with Do, feslers aphi.
give. jyrk OF satisfaction. and immediate
ly drop Of sweet sap vail sIude from two
tubs. on the back-i5r d. sucks - fast. and
Ills up - quick. that ihers mus, be a safe.
" valve somewhere. The willy ant keeps on
s;r5king aud Iat,.n: bis friend Aphi'
jsrs. Do. body. and kicks up his heels; bic
rslghbor follow. hs example; and there
they are. the whole herd Of hunirels-hcels
10 The Alr-aui. busy - becs-honey ayiug
thick and iast bat alas, the poor tree.
and the hopes Of the gardener
Now fJr the remedies for kespin. oH ,hsse
insects The trunk and limbs should. srer,
fgrfq,sh. for each successive brood. be
washed and rubbed with whale oil soap. or
s,ron: soap suds, or weak lye. Thi, will
at the -ms time kill OF the young bark
lice (C,r1g,) now Matching out. And the
end Of the branehs. should be held for a
minute in pan Of water in which four or
Eve pounds Of tobacco have been some days.
THIS pan will 90 ior whole orchard How
20 reach the elm trees. whose leaves always
are sadly infested in June, We cannot say.
b; the orchard should Be attended to at
once. p.