Report of the Entomologist and Botanist . e problem of controlling the Hessian Fly in Manitoba is far simpler thanin the East, where the greatest damage is done to fall wheat in the autumn. In Man-itoba no fall wheat is sown; so, if any flies emerge in the autumn, they die withoutdoing any harm, because no winter grain is sown in Manitoba, and the Hessian Fly doesnot subsist on any wild grasses. The remedy, therefore, is comparatively Hessian Fly is known to be present, grain should be cut high and the stubbieburned over or ploughed dov/n in autumn. For fear that any of the flax se
Report of the Entomologist and Botanist . e problem of controlling the Hessian Fly in Manitoba is far simpler thanin the East, where the greatest damage is done to fall wheat in the autumn. In Man-itoba no fall wheat is sown; so, if any flies emerge in the autumn, they die withoutdoing any harm, because no winter grain is sown in Manitoba, and the Hessian Fly doesnot subsist on any wild grasses. The remedy, therefore, is comparatively Hessian Fly is known to be present, grain should be cut high and the stubbieburned over or ploughed dov/n in autumn. For fear that any of the flax seeds mightbe carried in the straw, this should be fed to stock or burned before the time that theflies emerge the following spring. Many of the flax seeds may be seen beneath thresh-ing machines when straw has been badly infested. Therefore, all screenings or rubbishfrom machines should be put where poultry can get at it, or where it will be trampledinto the ground during the winter by stock. REPORT OF TEE ENTOMOLOOIST AND BOTANIST •175. Fig. 2.—The Pea Weevil: all stages—shown of thenatural size and enlarged. SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 THE PEA WEEVIL OR PEA BUG (Bruclms pisorum, , Attack.—A small, brownish-gray, very active beetle, one-fifth of an inch long, withtwo conspicuous black spots on the end of the body, which emerges from seed peas in autumn or in spring, leaving a small roundhole. The insect is generally spoken ofunder the incorrect name of Pea Bug,and infested peas, as buggy egg is laid on the outside of theyoung pod, and the grub on hatching eatsits way in and penetrates the nearest it remains until full grown, consum-ing the interior of the pea and passingthrough all its stages, from a white fleshygrub to the pupa, and Ijien to the perfectbeetle. Some of the beetles, the percent-age varying with the season, escape fromthe peas, occasionally as early as harvesttime, or during the autumn, and pass the winter hidden away under rubbish or a
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