The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-10
THE TEXTILES TENT CATER.
PILLAR.


This insect has neen exceedingly
abundant during Che spring and ear
III summer IN certain localities OF Ok
lahonla Many were Of the impress
sion that ii was the dreaded Gypsy
and Brow nl'aH moths Its method
nf degradation ls vprn sialilar To the
fapages oF the moths previously mef-
toned AS faF ITS known, however,
we 40 not have these other mogha in
Oklahoma. The tentless tent cater
pillar. for such II was that destroyed
no much foliage I'll the forests ana
orchards oil Oklahoma. whl appear
next year in great numbers ii proper
methods of preeantlDn are not inangu-
rated for Its prevention
II is now Hi the egg sfage. several
hundred eggs IN 6 cluster complete
III encircling tgig about the size of
lead pencil These are present
wherever the worm appeared this
spring. These were laid BY the moth
which emerged within a few weeks
after the worms disappeared. Dur
ing the pruning season these egg
clusters should be removed from the
trees and destroyed If they are not
removed the y0ung worms will appear
next season in sretaet numbers than
ther appeared this year beeause there
are many more eggs present now than
at this time last year.
The Sevenreen.Year Locust: Trne
to the prediction Of ent0mologists in
general, the seyenteea-year locust has
appeared No reports OF inquiiies
have yet come to this department. per-
tanning TO this peculiar PEST, although
know ii to be present along creeks
and rivers where the timber is twen-
ty or twenty-five years od The pest
has been present since about the
twentieth OF May, and will continue to
be present until about the middle Of
July,
ITS ch injury is due to its method
Of egg laying Eaeh female cicadia
has long, sharp, saw-like osipositor
which ghe uses as "churn dfiIi.v
This drill Is rapidly driven into the
tissues of branches from fourth to
half inch Ia diameter Several eggs
are deposited III eaeh puncture The
punctures, however, are 50 large that
the branch is severely wounded.
Furthermore those wounds will not
heal over as DO ordinary punctures or
wounds A strong wind ften breaks
these branches to d marked extent
Furthermore, thcy become malf0rmed
and ia cases where the l0eusts are
numerous the tree is literally shot to
pieces" These eegs hatch within
| few weeks into Il laryal form Of the
locust which drops slightly 10 the
ground enters, and takes an It's abode
on the roots Of the trees, where Il
continues ot live for period Of thir-
teen or seventeen years, according TO
the race TO which the particular spe-
cies belongs
There is no good method for con
trolling this nest In eases where
orchards are attacked the insects may
be gathered during cool weather that
rs early In the morning They are at
such times more or less sluggish and
can be easily captured When they
/ first emerge from the soh they can
/ be controlled by means OF kerosene
! emulsion spray their body walls are
soft and emulsion IS fatal TO them. In
I former times. the American indian
I " I'D fEtH lHitH ~ tslAr iHEEAh akE4 fNA~
lected Il much as do the Africans
/ collect grasshoppers a. the present
time The indian has taught the
white man several peculiarlties in the
art OF living as Wen as De has been
[ taught peculiar habits by the latter.
7 The white man has experimental with
this particulac delicacy known as the
senteen-year 40cust He has served
/ ii iu at least three different methods.
First. as soun second as a fried arti-
I cie. and third as boiled dinner. Teh
universal decision IS that this animal
aili never prove % Dee q deiicacy on
the table OF the white man
For the sake of d5ta 20 be used in
/ future years. would Be pleased to
have Information frnm The entire state
relative 70 the presence If the cicaaa
at this time From actaal facts. we
know that seventeen years from now
+ there win be another brood Of the
same locusts that are here this year.
I ln passing. 70 might be vel 70 stste
mat we have at least two hr0ods Of
The locust iu 0kahama Another one
/ is predicted 10 appear in 1913, which
/ sin De- much more serious than the
{ present brood q saHboru. De-
uartmeut OF Entomology. oklahoma
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