. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. 216 FESTS OF GARDEX AXB FIELD CHOPS areas in its -wings, and expanding one to one and a quarter inches. At the end of the abdomen is a brush of brown hairs. There are four generations in a season. The winter is passed as a pupa in dried and folded leaves on the ground. Usually the moths are not abimdant until . Fig. 267. section through melon sho^wing work of the Melon Caterpillar. Original. The most effective means of control is the planting of early squashes, as trap crops, among the melons. The insec
. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. 216 FESTS OF GARDEX AXB FIELD CHOPS areas in its -wings, and expanding one to one and a quarter inches. At the end of the abdomen is a brush of brown hairs. There are four generations in a season. The winter is passed as a pupa in dried and folded leaves on the ground. Usually the moths are not abimdant until . Fig. 267. section through melon sho^wing work of the Melon Caterpillar. Original. The most effective means of control is the planting of early squashes, as trap crops, among the melons. The insect will choose the squashes for its egg lading, and if the melons are of an early variety, they wiU practically escape ;. Destruction of rubbish and fall plowing will help. The Melon Caterpillar {Diaphania hyalinaia Linn.) Damage by the melon worm is sumlar to that done by / n^ the pickle worm. Squashes, / ^ melons, cucumbers, and re- lated plants are subject to. 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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