1854 Plate 4 - Hessian Fly - Emmons
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EBENEZER EMMONS
Plate 4 - Hessian Fly
PLATE 4. Figs. 1 & 2. Cecidomyia destructor (male and female). A. Segments of the abdomen. B, c. Antennae magnified. D, e. The same, natural size. F. Profile view of the head, palpi, and origin of the antennse. G. Dorsal view of the worm. A. Of the flaxseed state. T. Ventral view of the same. J. Lateral ditto. K. Dorsal view of the dormant larva.
I. Ventral view of the pupa. A, B. Wheatstalks infested with the insect. M. Wheatstalk broken away, showing the young worms. 3, 4. Cicidomyia robinia (pupa enlarged). 5. Mouth. 6. Larva. 7. Wing.
1854
Lithograph, Hand Colored
Sheet Size 11.25 x 8.75 inches
Publisher: C Van Benthuysen, Albany
VG condition with light soiling to plate
PrintMaker
Ebenezer Emmons (May 16, 1799 October 1, 1863), American geologist and author, with an interest in geology and fossils.
Engraver
Ebenezer Emmons Jr , Artist and Illustrator, son to author and geologist Ebenezer Emmons (1799-1863)
Engraver
Richard H Pease (1813-1869), American engraver, lithographer and printer from Albany, New York
From Natural History of New York. Agriculture of New - York: Composition and Distribution of the Soils and Rocks...More Common and Injurious Species of Insects., 1854.
