Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . Fig. 52.—Earth rcmoviHl from base of seedling to show cutworm in hi(Hng— natural size. wrongly called cutworms on account of their similar hal) of the species attack ceitain crops more commonly thanothers, but most of them are quite omnivorous in their they become overabundant tiiey will eat anything greenand succulent—foliage, flowers, buds, fruit, stalks, or roots, andsometimes migrate to other fields in armies like the army species commonly climb young fruit trees which have l)een * species ut the family Xoc

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Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . Fig. 52.—Earth rcmoviHl from base of seedling to show cutworm in hi(Hng— natural size. wrongly called cutworms on account of their similar hal) of the species attack ceitain crops more commonly thanothers, but most of them are quite omnivorous in their they become overabundant tiiey will eat anything greenand succulent—foliage, flowers, buds, fruit, stalks, or roots, andsometimes migrate to other fields in armies like the army species commonly climb young fruit trees which have l)een * species ut the family Xoctiiidie. INSECTS AFFECTING GRAINS, GRASSES, FORAGE 85 planted on grassy land or which ar(; allowed to grow in grass. c^i- ^rr Fig. .i8.—(Jreasy culworin (Agrotis Fig. 54.—The dark-sided cut- ypsilon); a, larva; fe, head of same; worm (Agrotis messond). c, adult -^ natural size. (After (After Riley.)Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr.)

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