. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. TlAnLEQnx Bua (Murganiin histrionica).^ A—Adult. H—Egg C—First stago of nymph. D—Second —Third H(age. V—Fourth 8tag(\ G—Fifth stage. .Ml enlarged. The Cabbage Maggot (Pegomya brassic/r, Bouch6).—Soft white mag-gots work in the nx)ts of cabbage, turnip and cauliflower, eating away theroot hairs and .scarring the surface of the larger roots. This maggot is thelarva of a two-wingecr about four inches in diameterarotmd the stem of each plant, letting it lie flat on the ground to keep the I Bur. Ent Ci
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. TlAnLEQnx Bua (Murganiin histrionica).^ A—Adult. H—Egg C—First stago of nymph. D—Second —Third H(age. V—Fourth 8tag(\ G—Fifth stage. .Ml enlarged. The Cabbage Maggot (Pegomya brassic/r, Bouch6).—Soft white mag-gots work in the nx)ts of cabbage, turnip and cauliflower, eating away theroot hairs and .scarring the surface of the larger roots. This maggot is thelarva of a two-wingecr about four inches in diameterarotmd the stem of each plant, letting it lie flat on the ground to keep the I Bur. Ent Cir. 103. INSECT PESTS AND THEIR CONTROL 231. a o Colorado Potato Beetle{Leptinotarsa decemlineata).^ -Beetle. B—Larva. C—Pupa. Enlarged. maggots from reaching the roots. Clean up all cabbage stmnps in the fall and plow deeply. Rotate crops. The Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Say.).—With-out doubt the worst enemyof the potato is the robustyellow-striped beetle which,together with its larvae orslugs, feeds upon the insect is too well knownto need description. Treatment.—Apply ar-senicals either as a dust oras a spray. Hand picking orbugging may be resortedto in a small garden Ent. Cir. 87, BuU. 82, Pt. 1. Flea Beetles.—Small dark-colored insects which as adults feed uponthe foUage of many truck crops and weeds. The larvas feed upon the name is derived from the active way in which the insect hops this respect it re-sembles a flea. Treatment.—C leanup weeds about the gar-den that may form abreeding place for thepests. Aj^ply arsenicalsto plants as a spray,using
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