Download or read book The Japanese Beetle (Classic Reprint) written by Loren Bartlett Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-28 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Japanese Beetle It is difficult to say definitely in What year the introduction cc curred. It is known that nursery stock with soil about the roots was imported prior to 1912 into the vicinity where the infestation was first discovered, and the indications are that a few larvae of the Japanese beetle were introduced about that time. Undoubtedly a very few larvae were sufficient for the establishment of the pest in this country. Since the insect was originally discovered it has spread steadily in all directions. This dispersion is the result not only of the natural tendency of the insect to move outward in search of food and suitable breeding places, as the density of infestation increases year by year, and to be carried by such natural agencies as winds and waterways, but also of transportation through the agency of men. The latter is brought about by the movement of farm products of various kinds from the heavily infested districts, by the passage of vehicles of all sorts, and by pedestrians along the roads through the more densely infested portions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.