Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . * tliisinsect is by the Augustbrood, when it entersthe rolled-up leaves orbud of the plant. InSeptember and Octoberthe next generation ofcaterpillars is foundboring into the seed-pod and occasionallyinto the flower-stem. .tion enter the ground. Fig. 168.—Flase bvidworm or cotton Ijollwonn(Heliothis obsoleta): «, adult moth; h, darkfull-grown larva; c, light-colored full-grownlarva; d, pupa—natural size, (After How-ard, U. S. Dept. Agr.) . The caterpillars of the last fall genera-and hibernate as pupic. The insect hasseveral other food-plants aside fro
Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . * tliisinsect is by the Augustbrood, when it entersthe rolled-up leaves orbud of the plant. InSeptember and Octoberthe next generation ofcaterpillars is foundboring into the seed-pod and occasionallyinto the flower-stem. .tion enter the ground. Fig. 168.—Flase bvidworm or cotton Ijollwonn(Heliothis obsoleta): «, adult moth; h, darkfull-grown larva; c, light-colored full-grownlarva; d, pupa—natural size, (After How-ard, U. S. Dept. Agr.) . The caterpillars of the last fall genera-and hibernate as pupic. The insect hasseveral other food-plants aside from cotton, but its food in the South is the weed known as ground cherry{Phi/sdiis viscosa). The life history of this species is verysimilar, therefore, to the fals(> l)U(hvoi-m or bollworm. The corn ear-worm (see page LSI) is usually found attacking 236 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD tobacco in Virginia and Kentucky only late in the season aftercorn has commenced to harden. It then bores into the buds, seed-pods, and flower-stalks, in the same manner as the last species. InFlorida, however. Professor A. L. Quaintance states that its worstinjury is done early in the season before corn or cotton arc available,the eggs being laid in the bud an 1 the
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