Word: insectes
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...following article has been prepared at the request of the CRIMSON by J. W. Chapman 2G., an expert on insect pests, with the intention of showing the condition of the trees in the Yard, and what is being done to preserve them...
...trees of the Yard have been practically free from insect pests in past years and it is only during the last few years that there has been any trouble at all. The first troublesome insect was the elm-leaf beetle. It is a small beetle which feeds on the leaves of the elms, in its larval stage, appearing in such numbers as to strip the trees entirely of their foliage, thereby killing them. The trees in the west part of the Yard were attacked by this pest and considerable damage was done before they were overcome...
...very readily sees that it is difficult to say just what particular insect is doing the most damage. It is more likely that it is the combined effort of all of them that is causing the trouble...
...leopard moth is a comparatively new insect in this locality but its habits are well understood. As soon as it hatches the worm makes its way into the twigs, where it feeds and grows as it burrows into the larger limbs. These worms vary in size from three-eighths of an inch to over three inches in length, when they are the most destructive. They then bore across and completely girdle large limbs, and frequently even girdle the trunk, finally cutting a cell close to the bark and there turning into pupas. When these develop they push out through...
...Edward Henry Strobel '77, once Bemis Professor of International Law at the University, died yesterday in Siam. His death was due to poisoning contracted from the bite of an insect. After graduating from the College, Professor Strobel studied at the Harvard Law School, and received the degree of LL.D. in 1882. He was secretary of the United States legation in Madrid from 1885 to 1890, but returned to the United States in 1893 to become third assistant secretary of state. In 1894 he was appointed United States minister plenipotentiary to Ecuador, but resigned three years later to become minister...