Insects injurious to fruits . beingsmooth and of some shade of greenish gray or brown, withdusky markings, or occasionally almost black. Both thelarvae and the moths are nocturnal in their habits, and secretethemselves during the day, the moths in crevices of the barkof trees or other suitable hiding-places, while the larvae burythemselves under the ground in the neighborhood of thescene of their depredations. Their life-history is brieflytold under No. 45, and need not be repeated here. It willsuffice in this connection to refer to several representativespecies of the class which do not climb
Insects injurious to fruits . beingsmooth and of some shade of greenish gray or brown, withdusky markings, or occasionally almost black. Both thelarvae and the moths are nocturnal in their habits, and secretethemselves during the day, the moths in crevices of the barkof trees or other suitable hiding-places, while the larvae burythemselves under the ground in the neighborhood of thescene of their depredations. Their life-history is brieflytold under No. 45, and need not be repeated here. It willsuffice in this connection to refer to several representativespecies of the class which do not climb. The Greasy Cut-worm, Agrotis Ypsilon (Rott.). This larva,which is shown in Fig. 338, is of a deep dull-brown color,inclining to black, with paler longitudinal lines, a faint,broken, yellowish-white line along the back, and two otherindistinct pale lines on each side; there are also a few shiningblack dots on each segment. When full grown, it is aboutan inch and a half long. 328 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE STRAWBERRY. Fig. The moth, also represented in the figure, has the fore wingsbrownish gray with darker markings, and patches of a paler color towards the apex of thewing. The hind wings are al-most white, with a pearly lustre,and nearly the wings are spread, theymeasure about an inch and three-quarters across. This is one of the most abun-dant of cut-worms, being foundfrom Georgia and Texas to NovaScotia and Manitoba, also in Eu-rope, Asia, Africa, and caterpillar attacks all sorts of garden products, and is oneof the cotton cut-worms of the South. The Striped Cut-worm, Agrotistricosa Lintner. This caterpil-lar is of an ash-gray color, withbroad, dark longitudinal lines, andseveral narrow lighter ones, andwhen full grown is nearly aninch and a half long. The mothis shown in Fig. 339 with itswings expanded. The fore wingsare of a dark-brown color, paler towards the front edge, withpale-gray markings along the hind wings are of
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