Productive farming . Fio. -The house fly; Iar\-a Tvdth details at ri^ht, pupa case at Insect Friends and Enemies.) (From Two good remedies are easy to apply. (1) Clean up thenear-by garbage heaps and filthy places where flies couldbreed. Sprinkle diluted carbolic acid all about such places 212 PRODUCTIVE FARMING frequently. This will help to keep flies away from there andwill kill many of the germs of typhoid fever and other dis-eases which might be there. (2) Screen the kitchen anddining-room well to keep all flies away from the human Clothes Moth.—These insects lay
Productive farming . Fio. -The house fly; Iar\-a Tvdth details at ri^ht, pupa case at Insect Friends and Enemies.) (From Two good remedies are easy to apply. (1) Clean up thenear-by garbage heaps and filthy places where flies couldbreed. Sprinkle diluted carbolic acid all about such places 212 PRODUCTIVE FARMING frequently. This will help to keep flies away from there andwill kill many of the germs of typhoid fever and other dis-eases which might be there. (2) Screen the kitchen anddining-room well to keep all flies away from the human Clothes Moth.—These insects lay their eggs in storedfurs, woollen clothing, and other such places. The youngeat the garments or materials in which they find themselves,thus doing much damage (Fig. 130). The adult moths dono damage except to start new broods of young. Thereare several remedies. Probably the best is to keep the adult. Fig. 130.—^A clottea moth, -with its caterpillar in and out of case. Insect Friends and Enemies.) (From SmitW moths away from the stored materials by keeping thesearticles securely closed up in tight boxes or moth-proof bags,in which there is some odor not agreeable to the moths. Suchodors are tar, camphor, naphtha, tobacco, and red bags may be made of new muslin, sewed welland closely tied after articles are put in. Clothes mothshave no taste for cotton goods. Articles will be well pro-tected from moths if kept in a trunk in cold storage. Thelow temperattu-e prevents the development of the insects. Grain Moths.—The adult grain moth is seen flying abouthomes or places where corn or other grain has been habits and its size cause it to be mistaken for the adult INSECTS 213 clothes moth. The eggs are laid on corn and the small larva eats its way into the kernels, and emerges onlywhen it has transformed to the adult stage. When theseinsects are i
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