. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. Fig. Fig. 297. —Adult of the Strawberry Crown-!>urer. Enlarged and nat- ural size. Original. spring. Usually only older plants are infested, because egg la^dng is over by the time that runners formed in midsummer have made any growth. There is one generation annually. The adults are unable to fly. Therefore, if old beds are attacked, care should be taken to make new plantings at some cUstance, and to use only new runners, which will not usually he found infested. In discarded beds the plants should be plow
. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. Fig. Fig. 297. —Adult of the Strawberry Crown-!>urer. Enlarged and nat- ural size. Original. spring. Usually only older plants are infested, because egg la^dng is over by the time that runners formed in midsummer have made any growth. There is one generation annually. The adults are unable to fly. Therefore, if old beds are attacked, care should be taken to make new plantings at some cUstance, and to use only new runners, which will not usually he found infested. In discarded beds the plants should be plowed out at once after the pick- ing season, raked into piles, and burned. This should be done not later than Atigust, in order to kill the insect while still in the crowns. Where beds are mo^'ed every two or three seasons, no trouble need be feared from this insect. 298.—Work of the Strawberrj' Crown-borer. 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 O'Kane, Walter Collins, b. 1877. New York : The Macmillan Company
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