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A History of the County of Somerset
… the Cockchafer ( Melolontha vulgaris, F.) in its beetle state attacks the leaves of most of our common deciduous … our best friends, as both in the winged and in the larval state they destroy enormous quantities of aphides. The … lastnamed is often too abundant in gardens in the larval state menthastri, Esp., is common, but S. urtic is very rare, …