Milkweed Pod Thresher

Author: FEIR DOROTHY   BEEL CEDAR   WILLMAN JAMES  

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

ISSN: 1938-2901

Source: Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol.75, Iss.3, 1982-05, pp. : 353-354

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Abstract

One of the biggest chores associated with rearing milkweed bugs (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) on their natural diet of milkweed seeds is the annual collection of the seeds. This paper describes a machine which can be easily and cheaply made with shop facilities and which mechanically removes milkweed seeds from their pods.