. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. II.—THE GRANULATED CUTWORM,1 AN IMPORTANT ENEMY OF VEGETABLE CROPS IN LOUISIANA. By Thos. H. Jones, Entomological Assistant, Truck-Crop Insect Investigations. INTRODUCTION. Cutworms periodically cause serious damage to vegetable crops in Louisiana and adjacent territory and it is seldom that they do not occur, at least in small numbers, in land planted to such crops. Complaints of injury are often made by people who have small gardens as well as by those who make the growing of truck crops their livelihood. Observations made in the
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. II.—THE GRANULATED CUTWORM,1 AN IMPORTANT ENEMY OF VEGETABLE CROPS IN LOUISIANA. By Thos. H. Jones, Entomological Assistant, Truck-Crop Insect Investigations. INTRODUCTION. Cutworms periodically cause serious damage to vegetable crops in Louisiana and adjacent territory and it is seldom that they do not occur, at least in small numbers, in land planted to such crops. Complaints of injury are often made by people who have small gardens as well as by those who make the growing of truck crops their livelihood. Observations made in the State from 1914 to 1917, inclusive, indicate that the granulated cutworm (Fel- tia a/m€a?& Treitschke) (fig. 1) is the principal species attacking Of 1,431 cutworms, rep- resenting collections made from about injured plants at Baton Kouge during the months of April, June, July, August, October, November, and December, of 1915, 1916, and 1917, 1,345, practically 94 per cent, were identified as Feltia annexa. The proportion of this species, in one collection, was as low as 76 per cent, but at other times it exceeded 90 per cent. The remainder of the collections noted was composed of 47 larvse of Agrotis ypsilon Rottemburg ( per cent), 35 larvae of Feltia male- fida Guenee ( per cent), and 4 larvse of undetermined species. 1 Feltia annexa Treitschke. 2 Messrs. C. B Smith, J. L. E. Lauderdale, and M. R. Smith, who were stationed at Baton Rouge, La., for the Bureau of Entomology during this period, rendered valuable assistance in the investigations upon which this paper is based. 7. Fig. 1. — The granulated cutworm: Moth above, larva below. Somewhat enlarged. (Chittenden.). 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 United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : Th
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