Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . Fig. ^63.—The cabbage looper moth at rest from side and from above—natmal size. sticker (page 46) to Ije very effective. Arsenate of lead is moreadhesive and is therefore superior for cabbage, but will be improvedby the addition of the sticker. The Cross-striped Cabbage Worm * Throughout the Southeastern and tiulf States the cater-pillar of a native moth, known as the Cross-striped Cabbage Worm, * Evergesfis rimomtlis Guen. Pamily Fyralidcc. See F. H. Chittenden,Bulletin 33, n. s., Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agr., p. 54. 364 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN A
Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . Fig. ^63.—The cabbage looper moth at rest from side and from above—natmal size. sticker (page 46) to Ije very effective. Arsenate of lead is moreadhesive and is therefore superior for cabbage, but will be improvedby the addition of the sticker. The Cross-striped Cabbage Worm * Throughout the Southeastern and tiulf States the cater-pillar of a native moth, known as the Cross-striped Cabbage Worm, * Evergesfis rimomtlis Guen. Pamily Fyralidcc. See F. H. Chittenden,Bulletin 33, n. s., Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agr., p. 54. 364 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD occasionally does very similar injury to the imported cabbageworm. The caterpillar is about three-fifths of an inch long,of a bluish-gray color above, with conspicuous cross stripes ofblack, as shown in the illustration. The parent moth is a paleochre yellow color; the fore-wings expand about an inch, and aremarked with brownish-black, as shown in the illustration, whilethe hind-wings arc nearly transparent except at the ou
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