. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. 184 PESTS OF GARUEN AND FIELD CROPS on which the first generation often is raised. Tliere are from three to five generations annually. The adult is a yellowish moth, expanding three fourths of an inch. Winter is passed as larva or pupa ia the soU. In garden or small areas, the pest may be controlled by prompt apph- cation of Paris green or arsenate of lead. Fall plowing will help for the next season. Alfalfa should be well disked. Xo pigweed should be allowed to grow in or near the garden or Fig. 223.
. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. 184 PESTS OF GARUEN AND FIELD CROPS on which the first generation often is raised. Tliere are from three to five generations annually. The adult is a yellowish moth, expanding three fourths of an inch. Winter is passed as larva or pupa ia the soU. In garden or small areas, the pest may be controlled by prompt apph- cation of Paris green or arsenate of lead. Fall plowing will help for the next season. Alfalfa should be well disked. Xo pigweed should be allowed to grow in or near the garden or Fig. 223. —The Garden Web worm. Original. The Sugar-beet Webworm (Loxo-sttge stidicali'^ Linn.) The work of this species is practicaU}' identical with that of the garden webworm. Eecently it has developed into a serious pest of sugar beets in some of the Western states. The lar\-a is an inch long when fuU grown, brownish in color, with a narrow dark stripe edged with white down the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original O'Kane, Walter Collins, b. 1877. New York : The Macmillan Company
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