. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Fig. 11. Root Borer, Grub (on left) and Perfect Insect (on right). quite common in its occurrence in St. Kitta-Nevis, Antigua and Montserrat, wher^ it is often to be found hiding amongst the leaves of such plauts as castor and pigeon peas, which grow along the borders of cane fields. This adult insect has previously been kiinwn largely on account of its habit of feeding on the leaves of limes and otlier Cilrus plants. If the connexion between this weevil and the root borer grub is definitely established, it may pro
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Fig. 11. Root Borer, Grub (on left) and Perfect Insect (on right). quite common in its occurrence in St. Kitta-Nevis, Antigua and Montserrat, wher^ it is often to be found hiding amongst the leaves of such plauts as castor and pigeon peas, which grow along the borders of cane fields. This adult insect has previously been kiinwn largely on account of its habit of feeding on the leaves of limes and otlier Cilrus plants. If the connexion between this weevil and the root borer grub is definitely established, it may prove to be a more serious pest than has been suspected. The fact that these beetles are fairly abundant would indicate that their larvae must have some food plant other than sugarcane, since, if this were the only food plant, the attacks would have been discovered before this time, while the relation between the weevil and the grub would have been sooner suspected. The methods of control sug- gested in the report for the root borer and the hardback grubs are the ."ame as those Fig. 12. Damage Done to suggested for the control of Sugar-cane by the termites, which have been Root Boeer. mentioned 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 Great Britain. Imperial Dept. of Agriculture for the West Indies. Bridgetown, Barbados, Bowen & sons;
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