. Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . seasons they are not especially noticedduring the early worming of the toljacco. In August theybegin to be more al)un-dant, and generallyleave the plant aboutthe end of the month,entering the ground,transforming to puptoand issuing as mothstoward the end of Sep-tember. These datesare for \irginia, buthold reasonably wellas far south as Missis-sijDpi. The greatestdamage done by thisinsect is by the Augustbrood, when it entersthe rolled-up leaves orbud of the plant. InSeptember and Octoberthe next generation ofcaterpillars is foundboring into the seed
. Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . seasons they are not especially noticedduring the early worming of the toljacco. In August theybegin to be more al)un-dant, and generallyleave the plant aboutthe end of the month,entering the ground,transforming to puptoand issuing as mothstoward the end of Sep-tember. These datesare for \irginia, buthold reasonably wellas far south as Missis-sijDpi. The greatestdamage done by thisinsect is by the Augustbrood, when it entersthe rolled-up leaves orbud of the plant. InSeptember and Octoberthe next generation ofcaterpillars is foundboring into the seed-pod and occasionally into the flower-stem. . The caterpillars of the last fall genera-tion enter the ground and hibernate as pupa. The insect hasseveral other food-plants aside from cotton, but its most abun-dant food in the South is the weed known as ground cherry(Physalis viscosa). The life history of this species is verysimilar, therefore, to the false budworm or bollworm. The corn ear-worm (see page 181) is usually found attacking. Fig. 168.—False budworm or cotton bollworm{Hcliothis obsoleta): o, adult moth; b, darkfull-growTi larva; c, light-colored full-grownlarva; d, pupa—natural size, (After How-ard, U. S. Dept. Agr.) 236 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD tobacco in Virginia and Kentucky only late in the season aftercorn has commenced to harden. It then bores into the buds, seed-pods, and flower-stalks, in the same manner as the last species. InFlorida, however. Professor A. L. Quaintance states that its worstinjury is done early in the season before corn or cotton are available,the eggs being laid in the bud an 1 the young larvse feeding on the
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