. Manual of fruit insects. Fig. 320. — Larva of the ob-solete-banded strawberry leaf-roller beginning to roll a leaf. Fig. 321. — Full-grown larva of the obsolete-banded strawberry leaf-roller (x 3). In this way practically all the larvse and pupse in the foldedleaves are destroyed. Strawberry beds that are to be abandoned should be plowedunder directly after the picking of the last crop and not allowedto remain as breeding places for the moths. References Forbes, 13th Kept. State Ent. 111., pp. 87-93. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 31, pp. 13-16. J. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 225, pp. 17-23.
. Manual of fruit insects. Fig. 320. — Larva of the ob-solete-banded strawberry leaf-roller beginning to roll a leaf. Fig. 321. — Full-grown larva of the obsolete-banded strawberry leaf-roller (x 3). In this way practically all the larvse and pupse in the foldedleaves are destroyed. Strawberry beds that are to be abandoned should be plowedunder directly after the picking of the last crop and not allowedto remain as breeding places for the moths. References Forbes, 13th Kept. State Ent. 111., pp. 87-93. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 31, pp. 13-16. J. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 225, pp. 17-23. 1909. 364 FRUIT INSECTS The Obsolete-banded Strawberry Leaf-rollerArchips obsoletana Walker Occasionally strawberry beds are seriously injured by a smallolive-green caterpillar which folds the leaves or webs themtogether so as to destroy the foliage andprevent the ripening of the fruit. Out-breaks have been reported in Illinois andNew York only, but the insect is widely. Fig. 322.—Pupa of theobsolete-banded straw-berry leaf-roller (X 5). Fig. 323. — Male (above) and female (below)moths of the obsolete-banded strawberry leaf-roller. distributed throughout the eastern United States from Texasto Massachusetts. Where or in what stage the insect passes the winter is notknown. In May the young caterpillars appear on the leaves,where they feed at first on the underside of the leaves, skeleton-izing small areas; they first live in a little tube formed by tyingthe leaf hairs together with silk near a vein. In a few days thecaterpillar crawls to the upper surface and begins to fold the STRAWBERRY INSECTS 365
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