. Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . Fig. 288.—Squash flower infestedwith pickle worms. (Photo byQuaintance.) 400 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD intervals. Otherwise the squash will merely augment the injury, asthe larvae will migrate to the crop. Careful tests of this methodshowed almost complete protection to muskmelons. The use of. Fig. 289.—Pickle worms at work on a cucumber. (Photo by Quaintance.) arsenicals has been of little value against this pest as far as tested,but as they should be applied to control the next species, may beof some incidental value. The Melon Cate
. Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . Fig. 288.—Squash flower infestedwith pickle worms. (Photo byQuaintance.) 400 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD intervals. Otherwise the squash will merely augment the injury, asthe larvae will migrate to the crop. Careful tests of this methodshowed almost complete protection to muskmelons. The use of. Fig. 289.—Pickle worms at work on a cucumber. (Photo by Quaintance.) arsenicals has been of little value against this pest as far as tested,but as they should be applied to control the next species, may beof some incidental value. The Melon Caterpillar * This species is very similar to the last in life history and habitsand is very commonly confused with it. It seems to be injuriousonly in the Gulf States, though the moths have been taken fromCanada to Central America. The moth is a beautiful insect withwings of a pearly iridescent whiteness, bordered with brownish-black and expanding about an inch. The anterior half of thethorax and head is the same color as the wing border, while theabdomen is white, tinged with brownish toward the tip, which issurmounted by a Inrush of long dark scales. The larvse are verysimilar to those of the pickle worm, and the life history so far asascertained seems to be practically the same. The essential differ- * Diaphania hyalinita Linn. Family Pyramti
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