. Report on the injurious and other insects of the State of New York . 336 Forty-sixth Report on tee State Museum appearance, which feed for about a month, and are frequently moredestructive than the first brood. The slug is shown in natural sizeupon the leaf, and in enlargement beside it, in Figure 17. The insect is regarded as only two-brooded in Canada and in theNorthern United States. Possibly there may be occasionally threebroods in New Jersey, but it is not improbable that the supposed thirdbrood may have been belated individuals of the second, as some of thesedo not develop the winged i
. Report on the injurious and other insects of the State of New York . 336 Forty-sixth Report on tee State Museum appearance, which feed for about a month, and are frequently moredestructive than the first brood. The slug is shown in natural sizeupon the leaf, and in enlargement beside it, in Figure 17. The insect is regarded as only two-brooded in Canada and in theNorthern United States. Possibly there may be occasionally threebroods in New Jersey, but it is not improbable that the supposed thirdbrood may have been belated individuals of the second, as some of thesedo not develop the winged insect until September and even in October,while others pass the winter in the pupal state. Remedies.— This insect is not a difficult one to destroy. Powderedhellebore has long been a favorite and satisfactory remedy for this andall other of the slimy slugs. It may be distributed over the foliage inpowder, or, if more convenient, it may be mixed in water in the pro-portion of one ounce to two gallons of w^ater, and applied with a force-pump. Spraying with Paris gre
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