. The book of the garden. Gardening. ESCULENT-EOOTED PLANTS.—THE TURNIP. 197. GARDEN CENTIPEDE. those enemies known as surface-grubs, and often attack the turnip-bulb, particularly in gardens where the plants are nearly full grown. These have also their natural enemies in the genus Cryp- tops—Scolopendraof Fig. 76. some(thecentipedes), Ifthevalueof these were rightly understood, the vul- gar prejudice against them would be re- moved. They are all of the carnivorous or flesh-eating section, and devour immense numbers of underground grubs, larvse, &c. They live entirely on the insect
. The book of the garden. Gardening. ESCULENT-EOOTED PLANTS.—THE TURNIP. 197. GARDEN CENTIPEDE. those enemies known as surface-grubs, and often attack the turnip-bulb, particularly in gardens where the plants are nearly full grown. These have also their natural enemies in the genus Cryp- tops—Scolopendraof Fig. 76. some(thecentipedes), Ifthevalueof these were rightly understood, the vul- gar prejudice against them would be re- moved. They are all of the carnivorous or flesh-eating section, and devour immense numbers of underground grubs, larvse, &c. They live entirely on the insects they find in the soU; they are of a rusty-red colour, more than an inch in length; antenn8ehairy,having seventeen joints; legs hairy, having twenty-one on each side. One species, Cryptops hortensis, is almost entirely confined to the southern counties of England; the rest are common everywhere. Amongst lepidopterous insects—that is, those of the butterfly and moth kind—there are some species injurious to turnip crops, which are thus described by Mr Stephens in " The Book of the Farm," vol. ii. p. 79 :— "Cerostoma xylostella (the turnip diamond- back moth), fig. 77.—When at rest, the wings are Fig. 77. colour. " The antennae have white scales; the abdomen is ash grey, with brown, tufts; the Pig. 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 McIntosh, Charles, 1794-1864. Edinburgh, London, W. Blackwood and Sons
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