. The American entomologist. Entomology. THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. remain or be continued on the same piece of land for more than two or three years, if what is called the matted or bed system of cultivation is pursued ; because the parent beetle soon learns that these weedy, little-disturbed plantations, are a safe place for her to deposit her eggs. To avoid injury to Strawberry planta- tions by this insect, use land that has been occupied at least two years in some hoed crop, like corn, potatoes, or beans, and then set out a new one on fresh land as soon as the old plants begin to fail. As
. The American entomologist. Entomology. THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. remain or be continued on the same piece of land for more than two or three years, if what is called the matted or bed system of cultivation is pursued ; because the parent beetle soon learns that these weedy, little-disturbed plantations, are a safe place for her to deposit her eggs. To avoid injury to Strawberry planta- tions by this insect, use land that has been occupied at least two years in some hoed crop, like corn, potatoes, or beans, and then set out a new one on fresh land as soon as the old plants begin to fail. As all the May-beetles are nocturnal in habit many may be taken by using tubs of water with a floating light in the center. [Fig. Strawberry Leaf-roller :—a, larva, natural size ; l>, head and thoracic joints ; tfy anal joint of same ; c^ moth—enlarged (after Riley). A few hundred taken every evening during the first few weeks of summer will do something toward diminishing the number of the succeeding generations in a neigh- borhood, but the birds and domestic fowls are the Strawberry grower's most efficient helpers in the way of destroying May- beetles and White Grubs. Among the various other kinds of insects injurious to the Strawberry there is perhaps none more destructive than that known as the " Strawberry ; This pest is a small, slender, pale-green worm that attacks the leaves, eating large holes in them. When at all abundant it soon destroys the entire foliage, and of course prevents fur- ther growth of the plants. A few years ago this pest almost ruined the plants in my garden, but of late it has not been very abundant, although it has not entirely dis- appeared. This Strawberry Worm is the larva of a small black fly (^Emphytus 7nacii- latus Norton, Fig. 36, 3). Dusting the leaves with lime would probably check the in- crease of this insect. There is also an- other worm that attacks the leaves of the Strawberry, but this is a leaf-roller and the
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