Annual report of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station . and must be practiceddaily in early morning or toward sundown to be effective. Small orchards may be protected, at least from the first arriv-ing hordes of the chafers, by planting about them early flower- 46 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. ing plants that particularly attract the beetles. Spiraeas, Deut-zias, Andromeda, magnolias, blackberries, and white roses areespecially useful as counter-attractives. The beetles swarm onthe flowers of these plants in preference to many varieties offruits,, and when thus massed in great nu
Annual report of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station . and must be practiceddaily in early morning or toward sundown to be effective. Small orchards may be protected, at least from the first arriv-ing hordes of the chafers, by planting about them early flower- 46 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. ing plants that particularly attract the beetles. Spiraeas, Deut-zias, Andromeda, magnolias, blackberries, and white roses areespecially useful as counter-attractives. The beetles swarm onthe flowers of these plants in preference to many varieties offruits,, and when thus massed in great numbers, their destruc-tion by the use of collectors or other mechanical means is greatlyfacilitated. All ground which might serve as a breeding placeand which it is possible so to treat, should be plowed and har-rowed early in May for the destruction of the larvae or pupae. MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 47 c. CATERPILLARS LIVING IN WEB NESTS WHILETHE TREE IS IN LEAF, OR MORE OR LESSCONCEALED IN FOLDED LEAF OR BUD. Fall Web Worm.(Hyphantria cunea.).
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