. The American farmer's hand-book ... Agriculture. NOXIOUS INSECTS. 641 other birds will pick up the larvae. In Fig. 352, a is the larva of Eluter segetis; b, under side of the terminal segment of the body; c, the head seen from beneath; d, perfect insect, natural size ; e, magnified ; f, larva of the Fig. true wire-worm ; g, the larva of ditto, as described by some writers, being another species. Winter or Dart Moth. —A moth that injures winter grain. The cater- pillar or larva of a moth, which, from its food in the larva state, is called the winter corn-moth, is one of the most trouble
. The American farmer's hand-book ... Agriculture. NOXIOUS INSECTS. 641 other birds will pick up the larvae. In Fig. 352, a is the larva of Eluter segetis; b, under side of the terminal segment of the body; c, the head seen from beneath; d, perfect insect, natural size ; e, magnified ; f, larva of the Fig. true wire-worm ; g, the larva of ditto, as described by some writers, being another species. Winter or Dart Moth. —A moth that injures winter grain. The cater- pillar or larva of a moth, which, from its food in the larva state, is called the winter corn-moth, is one of the most troublesome of the insect tribe. This caterpillar attacks both the leaves and ihe roots of the corn ; also the roots of lettuce, turnips, and spinach. It appears generally in August, sitting quietly on the ground in the day-time, and flying about and pairing at night. When at rest, its wings are folded together flat over the body, and it is then nearly an inch long, and half an inch wide. Its colors are dirty-gray, and dark brown, or earth-color, except on the under wings, which are covered as it sits, and which are sometimes whitish-gray, sometimes cream-color. On the up])er wings a faint, blackish, ringlike mark is seen, and a cone-shaped spot on a wavy line, a kidney-shaped stain almost in the middle, and towards the lower edge two other wavy or notched transverse lines. The most simple and certain mode of extirpating the noxious seed-eating caterpillar from the soil is, to repair to the fields, and collect the caterpillars as soon as they ap- pear. The only question is, how the hand-picking is to be set about, without spending time unnecessarily. A person unacquainted with the habits of the creature would seek for it in vain in his fields. They lie in the day-time under stones, clods, or buried in the earth ; these must therefore be carefully turned up, in search of the enemy. When they are changing their skins, they come out of their lurking-places, even in the day-time, and ca
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