. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. 264 Insect Pests. THE DOT MOTH. {Maincfitrd pcrsicuria-. LiuD.) The Dot Moth caterpillars are very frequently recorded as pests on the gooseberry. Their food plants are ^'ariell; as a rule garden flowers suffer most, sucli as dahlias, marguerites, marigolds, pansies, geums, etc. ; vegetables are also eaten by these larva=, including cabbages of all kinds, lettuce, mint, parsley ; fruit trees and bushes are also attacked; there are numerous accounts of tlieir feedin
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. 264 Insect Pests. THE DOT MOTH. {Maincfitrd pcrsicuria-. LiuD.) The Dot Moth caterpillars are very frequently recorded as pests on the gooseberry. Their food plants are ^'ariell; as a rule garden flowers suffer most, sucli as dahlias, marguerites, marigolds, pansies, geums, etc. ; vegetables are also eaten by these larva=, including cabbages of all kinds, lettuce, mint, parsley ; fruit trees and bushes are also attacked; there are numerous accounts of tlieir feeding on the gooseberry and now and again on apple, plum, ras^jberj-y, [/â . Jitlemh-n. FIG. 1S5.â5IUTH AND OF THE I'lJT ^lOTil {Mililiertnl J^ersimrl^r). Other plants u^ion which it feeds are lilac, poplar, clematis ivy etc. (1). They are ravenous feeders, stripping tlie plants in a very short time. This insect is found all over (ireat I'.ritain and in most parts of Continental Europe. The caterpillars are subject to great variation in colour, ap]iarentlv influenced to some extent by their food; the colouring rendering tliem often extremely dilTrcult to hud wlieu at rest upon their food 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 Theobald, Frederick Vincent, 1868-1930. Wye, Eng. : Frederick V. Theobald
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