New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-28

THE RoSg-BUG-lTS IIlsT0gY.-Ihe follow
Ing A.los, oil very Troublesome insect Is given - Dr.
Wander Cine inBnti ~ IL vii be soon depicdaii1S
upon the grape fossos Of which it's very destructive.
this account OF the pest timely and lie manner OF i!s
destruction. which must be by the human hand
common TN cup with few leaves IA . Is 81 ihe
implement needed Pick OFF the bugs INTO the cup unti
nearly full aud empty into the fire or feed the bugs ~
poultry.
The rose bug or macrodacfyoss spJspiHosa formerly
Ne0i0ubd sub,pisosd is found very ABUNDANT ~ soad
season. IN different part. Il the county ibo the mdci'
VI June clustering upon grapeS'p. Ippe trees
ana other plants, upon which II = crowded ad sich -
eats asioAaly 1t Is a small bpii !gh9" De,ur, YIN
shining yellow legs and very long black ieei They APE
scry yugacious and not very discriminating The elder
freely eaten b. them, though generally considered uD
no1ious 10 insects II Is Singular thai should pc r
ilreguary distributed The country being rare Al
points and most troublesome rom is aOundancs
ut others and uttcly destructive Of some iruiss pa tie
ulay II tue apple IN parts Of the West one or
chard IN Mercer county Ill. was entney striped
OF u lTut Tor seven yeaIs IN succession except ts9
years when there was some very imperfect 1ut
This beetle belongs 10 tie family meloo. thldf th9
same group which includes common insect Of kindred
La5.t-gcsHOslrnd qasrciHe-Nblch sOine years Is -
numerous in particular localities a. holly 10 destroy
the fut when IN IL germ. These insects make
h,r appearance suddenly in incredible numbers. In
s.' not rOsebug was visible on the last Jay OF May.
Esquire Lowell. WHO prepared history 81 tA, lnsec.
that he gathered some peas az H. on the Isl of
June aud that then there was not hug 70 1c seen IN
the vines At 10 clock on revising the vines they
were literally with rosebess of both sexes gem
orally paired lie proceeded TO Lii them BY hand
Three hours ategward they had appeared upon sO,ie
OF bunch beans 90 the number OF some thousands
1hrsc were ala Killed, and then. returning 90 the
peas any There had been overlooked he found
the who's iuIl ~ before.
The neat day he found them upon his corn then Only
SIX inches high. twenty Eve bggs counted upon
single leaf and hundred and i've OF the hi,
They also attacked his young cherry trees, and ia
twelve hours completely stripped them OF their leaves
lie saws 10 would be but a moderate computation 20
allow that they killed a hundred thousand Of these
sccs q quarter OF an acre. They followed them up
regularly every morning for awcc., aud thus nearly
,uodued them. on thai piece OF ground They continue
about month. and then disappear Toward the close
II their lives tue females crawl AN ilch or more Int,
the ground. where they deposit the eggs about thy
in number. whiish. and almost globu1F These hsich
twenty days aierward and the little grubs feed upon
whatever tender juicy roots they can nnd aud grow ~
their full before inter they tnen hrco-luag-
tiers 81 inch long yeos, aud polished, and S1 short
legs beneath the breast These worms descend into
tie ground for the Winter; and in the Spring come up
the surface. and pass iut0 tcil pupa state by
CIOWdlug out cell in the earth. These latter
have several natural enemies the large Dragon Fly.
and several other predictions insects Seize aud da,our
numbers OF them but human aid is Necessary FOR their
destruction, when very numtruUs'