. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Massachusetts Periodicals; Fertilizers -- Analysis Periodicals. Tlic Army worm, Leticania inii- jimictd. During the army worm outbreak of the past vear, the writer had occasion to observe the toad in the role of a destroyer of this insect. At Hingham, Massachusetts, two toads were observed busily engaged in feeding upon a migrating '• army " of these larvae while in all the devastated fields toads were very abundant. Dis- sections of three toads taken in infested fields revealed the presence of nine, eleven and fifty-five array wormsin their respective
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Massachusetts Periodicals; Fertilizers -- Analysis Periodicals. Tlic Army worm, Leticania inii- jimictd. During the army worm outbreak of the past vear, the writer had occasion to observe the toad in the role of a destroyer of this insect. At Hingham, Massachusetts, two toads were observed busily engaged in feeding upon a migrating '• army " of these larvae while in all the devastated fields toads were very abundant. Dis- sections of three toads taken in infested fields revealed the presence of nine, eleven and fifty-five array wormsin their respective stomachs.* When one considers the annoyance and damage caused by cut worms, the value of the toad is at once apparent. These insects are *Mas8. Crop Report, July 1896, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hatch Experiment Station. [S. l. : s. n. ]
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