. The American fruit culturist. otected are the feeding-grounds of the caterpillars. However, it is claimed that the pest can be almost exter-minated in a field by mowing it after the crop is gathered, andafter leaving it a day or two to become dr3^ burn it over, per-haps with the aid of a little straw or rubbish. This can usuallybe done without the slightest injury to the plants. This willdestrov the leaf-roller as well as several other kinds of insects, DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS. 209 and also the spores of some serious fungous diseases. Onsmall areas it is practicable to crush by hand the insects
. The American fruit culturist. otected are the feeding-grounds of the caterpillars. However, it is claimed that the pest can be almost exter-minated in a field by mowing it after the crop is gathered, andafter leaving it a day or two to become dr3^ burn it over, per-haps with the aid of a little straw or rubbish. This can usuallybe done without the slightest injury to the plants. This willdestrov the leaf-roller as well as several other kinds of insects, DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS. 209 and also the spores of some serious fungous diseases. Onsmall areas it is practicable to crush by hand the insects inthe rolled leaves. The Strawberry Weevil {A?ithonomus signatus) is a littlesnout-beetle, measuring only a tenth of an inch in length (), which deposits an Q^g in a strawberry bud and thenpunctures or cuts the stem below it (Fig. 278) in such a waythat in a few days the bud drops to the ground. Within thesevered bud the grub hatched from the ^%% develops andtransforms to a pupa, and soon to the beetle, which Fig. 277.—Strawberry-Weevil.
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