Insects injurious to fruits . covers between the rowsof dots. It is found inmost of tiie Eastern andMiddle States, and de-vours also the leaves ofthe strawberry; it appearsearly in July and during August. The eggs are deposited either upon or inclose proximity to strawberry-plants, andwhen hatched the young larvae burrow intothe earth and feed upon the roots of thestrawberry-vines, on which they may be found all throughthe fall, winter, and spring months. It is a singular larva,shown magnified in Fig. 292, and has on the under sideof each of the legless joints a pair of fleshy projections re-m
Insects injurious to fruits . covers between the rowsof dots. It is found inmost of tiie Eastern andMiddle States, and de-vours also the leaves ofthe strawberry; it appearsearly in July and during August. The eggs are deposited either upon or inclose proximity to strawberry-plants, andwhen hatched the young larvae burrow intothe earth and feed upon the roots of thestrawberry-vines, on which they may be found all throughthe fall, winter, and spring months. It is a singular larva,shown magnified in Fig. 292, and has on the under sideof each of the legless joints a pair of fleshy projections re-minding one of legs, each tipped with two or three stiffhairs. Its body is yellowish or grayish white, with a yel-low head. The pupa is formed in the earth during themonth of June, the perfect insect maturing two or threeweeks afterwards. Remedies.—The beetles may be collected by jarring themfrom the vines on sheets early in the morning, and , soot, or lime applied to the strawberry-vines will inmost instances
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