. Nature study and life. Nature study. GARDEN INSECTS 207 moth and, if neglected, they may destroy the entire crop of a vine while the blossom buds are opening. The vines should be daily examined at this season and, after securing specimens for the school collection, every larva should be destroyed. The insect being single brooded, thorough attention at the proper time will do away with the pest. The Grape-Leaf Folder, Desmia maculalis. — This is another common enemy of the grape and should be treated, like the plume moth, by hand picking while in the early larval stages; the conspicuously fol
. Nature study and life. Nature study. GARDEN INSECTS 207 moth and, if neglected, they may destroy the entire crop of a vine while the blossom buds are opening. The vines should be daily examined at this season and, after securing specimens for the school collection, every larva should be destroyed. The insect being single brooded, thorough attention at the proper time will do away with the pest. The Grape-Leaf Folder, Desmia maculalis. — This is another common enemy of the grape and should be treated, like the plume moth, by hand picking while in the early larval stages; the conspicuously folded leaves make this easy and effectual. The Grape-Berry Moth, Eudemis botrana. — This insect often destroys nearly the whole crop of grapes in a garden. The larvae pass the winter in co- coons attached to the leaves, and if these are burned in the fall, the pest may be greatly abated. The Sphinxes, or Hawk Moths, m ight be treated among our most beauti- ful and interest- ing insects were it not for the fact that the larvae of at least ten species feed upon the leaves of the grape, and their enormous size makes it possible for a single larva to strip and kill a young grapevine in two or three days. The sphinxes are the large, narrow-winged moths, often. Fig. 87. Grape-Berry Moth Larva, pupa, adult, and portion of grape leaf, showing method of making its cocoon for winter (Enlarged. After Marlatt). 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 Hodge, Clifton Fremont, 1859-. Boston and London, Ginn & Co.
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