Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . eenreported as injurious from Minnesota to Massachusetts and inOntario. Control.—Inasmuch as the beetles feed freely on the foliagebefore ovipositing they may be destroyed by spraying the leaveswith arsenate of lead. Mr. Goodwin has shown that wherefoliage was sprayed with 4 pounds per barrel, that three-fourthsof the subsequent injury to the berries by the larva? was preventedby the destruction of the beetles, and the injury to the flowerbuds was also lessened. Thorough cultivation in the fall closearound the bushes will probal^ly destroy many of the
Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . eenreported as injurious from Minnesota to Massachusetts and inOntario. Control.—Inasmuch as the beetles feed freely on the foliagebefore ovipositing they may be destroyed by spraying the leaveswith arsenate of lead. Mr. Goodwin has shown that wherefoliage was sprayed with 4 pounds per barrel, that three-fourthsof the subsequent injury to the berries by the larva? was preventedby the destruction of the beetles, and the injury to the flowerbuds was also lessened. Thorough cultivation in the fall closearound the bushes will probal^ly destroy many of the pupa3 byexposing them to winter weather. CHAPTER XXIV INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE CURRANT AND GOOSEBERRY The Imported Currant-borer * One of the worst pests of the currant and gooseberry is theborer, which tunnels out the canes and where abundant frequentlykills the plants. It is a European insect which has spread toall parts of this country where these fruits are grown. Theadult is one of the clear-winged moths and with the larva is very. Fig. 343.—The imported ourrant-borer (Aegeria tipidiforniis Clerc-k): moth,larva, and empty pupal skin left protruding from burrow. (AfterLugger.) similar in appearance and habits to the raspberry root-borer(p. 459). The moth is about one-half inch long with a wing-expanse of three-quarters inch. The body is black with a steel-blue lustre, with a bright yellow band around the neck and three * ^geria tipuliformis Clerck. Family Semidoe. See Lugger, 1st ReportMinn. State Entomologist, p. 1S4. 477 478 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND OHC^IIARD yellow bands across the abdomen, which boars a large tuft oflong scales at the tip. The wings arc clear except for a marginof blackish scales and a band across the fore-wings ahont one-third from the tip. Life History.—The moths appear in June and deposit theirsmall globular, brown eggs in the axils of the leaves next thecanes, or under scales or in cracks of the canes. The youngcaterpillars bore into
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