. Insects affecting vegetables [microform]. Légumes; Vegetables; Insect pests; Insectes nuisibles. Fig. 20.—Blister-beetles, magnified. depositing their eggs. Good soil, well fertilized, to ensure a rapid growth of healtliy plants, will enable them to resist the attack of the maggots and escape serious injury. Other Insects. Beans, like other vegetables, are liable to be injured by Cutworms when the plants are small, and later on in the season by the Tarnished Plant-bug. Broad beans are also subject to attack by the Black-Blister-beetle, which is one of the enemies of the potato plant, and som
. Insects affecting vegetables [microform]. Légumes; Vegetables; Insect pests; Insectes nuisibles. Fig. 20.—Blister-beetles, magnified. depositing their eggs. Good soil, well fertilized, to ensure a rapid growth of healtliy plants, will enable them to resist the attack of the maggots and escape serious injury. Other Insects. Beans, like other vegetables, are liable to be injured by Cutworms when the plants are small, and later on in the season by the Tarnished Plant-bug. Broad beans are also subject to attack by the Black-Blister-beetle, which is one of the enemies of the potato plant, and sometimes appears in destruc- tive numbers. BEETS AND SPINACH. Beets and Spinach are liable to be attacked by many of the common garden pests that are general feeders, such as Cutworms which bite off the young plants close to the surface of the ground, Wire-worms and White-grubs which feed upon the roots, Plant Lice, Flea-beetles, Leaf-hoppers, the Tarnished Plant-bug and Grasshoppers which affect tlie foliage. Descriptions of these insects and the methods of dealing with them will be found elsewhere in the Bulletin. Mention may be made of a few other insects which occasionally attack thesa plants in injurious numbers. Buster Beetles {Epicauta cinerea, Pennsylvanica-. These are long, narrow, soft-bodied insects which belon^ (Meloidae), and possess the same blistering qualities as t! is used by druggists in the prepara:ion of certain plasters. '^... ^^ ^^^^.^ found in Ontario which may be distinguished by their color: the Black, the Gray and the Spotted; a fourth, the Striped, is occasionally to be found. Of these the Black is the most common and may often be seen feeding harmlessly on the flow- ers of the Golden-rod. At times these beetles appear in swarms and rapidly devour the foliage of beets, potatoes and a few other plants, and after inflicting a considerable amount of damage suddenly disappear. They may be controlled by spraying with Paris green, but this should not be re
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