. Common injurious insects of Kansas. Insect pests. INSECTS ATTACKING^ CORN. 25 are always found to be caused by the unusual prevalence of some local species, and not due to the presence of the true Rocky Mountain Locust. Concerning these other locust species, which occasionally do more or less harm, see chapter on "Injurious ; GARDEN WEB-WORM. (Eurycreon rantalis Guenee; Order, Lepidoptera.) Diagnosis.—White webs enveloping the young corn or the bases of the older corn stalks. Within the webs numbers of slender, light-green, black-dotted caterpillars eating the leaves.
. Common injurious insects of Kansas. Insect pests. INSECTS ATTACKING^ CORN. 25 are always found to be caused by the unusual prevalence of some local species, and not due to the presence of the true Rocky Mountain Locust. Concerning these other locust species, which occasionally do more or less harm, see chapter on "Injurious ; GARDEN WEB-WORM. (Eurycreon rantalis Guenee; Order, Lepidoptera.) Diagnosis.—White webs enveloping the young corn or the bases of the older corn stalks. Within the webs numbers of slender, light-green, black-dotted caterpillars eating the leaves. Attacking, also, many garden vegetables and wild plants. Description and Life-history.—The insect in the state in which it commits its depredations is a caterpillar or lepidopterous larva, about seven-eighths of an inch long when full grown. It is light. Fig. 14. Garden Web-wobm; a, adult; &, pupa; c, larva. green, with a narrow, yellowish-white stripe on each side of the median dorsal line except on the first segment behind the head. Head pale yellowish-red. There are eight pairs of legs, the last pair being on the last segment of the caterpillar. As an adult, the insect is a small, grayish, night-flying moth, its wings expanding about three-fourths to one inch. The eggs are deposited on the lower leaves and stems of various plants. The larvae become full grown in about two weeks after hatching, and transform into pupae within a small, silken cocoon concealed under dead leaves or in any debris. The larva feeds naturally on certain wild plants and weeds, especially the different species of pig-weeds, lambs-quarter, and purslane. When the larvae are very abundant, however, they overflow into fields and gardens. Many garden vegetables suffer. 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 Kellogg, Ver
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