Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . ll-grown larva*; e, /, eggsall natural size except e, which is greatly enlarged. (After Howard,U. S. Dept. Agr.) or weeds, and are known as climbing cutworms. Our commonspecies are most injurious to garden crops and to corn, cotton, 86 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD tobacco and similar crops grown in hills or rows, small grainsand forage crops being injur(>(l but rarely. Though over a score of species are common, it is not practica-ble to distinguish them in this discussion, and though their lifehistories are somewhat different, they may
Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . ll-grown larva*; e, /, eggsall natural size except e, which is greatly enlarged. (After Howard,U. S. Dept. Agr.) or weeds, and are known as climbing cutworms. Our commonspecies are most injurious to garden crops and to corn, cotton, 86 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD tobacco and similar crops grown in hills or rows, small grainsand forage crops being injur(>(l but rarely. Though over a score of species are common, it is not practica-ble to distinguish them in this discussion, and though their lifehistories are somewhat different, they may be considered as a class. The adults are moths with dark fore wings, variously markedwith darker or lighter spots and narrow bands as shown inFigs. 52-59, and with lighter hind-wings, which are folded overthe back when at rest. Like the cutworms, they feed at night,sipping the nectar from flowers, and are known as owletmoths. The females deposit their eggs in grass land or wherea crop has been allowed to grow up in grass and weeds in late. Fig. 56.—The bronzed cutworm {Nephclodcs m in inns Guen.): back and sideviews of larva—enlarged, and moth—natural size. (After Forbes.) summer, laying them in patches on the stems or leaves of grassesor weeds, or on stones or twigs in such })laces. The little caterpillars which hatch fi-om these eggs in Augustand September feed on the roots of whatever vegetation is availableuntil frost, going deeper as it approaches, and finally hollow outsmall cells, in which they curl up and hibernate^ until tiie nextspring. The next spring they arc exceedingly hungry after theirlong fast, and attack any vegetaton at hand with surprising vorac-ity. If the land is in grass or weeds they have plenty of food,and if it is th(>n plowed and planted in some crop, it willcertainly be injiucd. The cutworms usually become full grown during late springor early summer, and are then about 1^ to 2 inches long, ofa dull biT)wn, gray or blackish color, often ting
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