ABSTRACT
These insects occur abundantly on grasses, weeds, and shrubs from which they obtain their sustenance, apparently concentrating their feeding on the flowers and developing seeds. Sometimes, especially during the winter months, the adults will conceal themselves among plant debris or under objects on the ground. During spring and early summer, eggs are glued to the plants on which the immature individuals feed in company with the adults. Each year a single generation is completed. Besides scattered reports of perceptible feeding damage to crops and ornamental plants, frequent reference is made to a disagreeable taste imparted to cultivated berries on which these insects occur.
