. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insects, Injurious to the Strcmherry. 447 by the cold, wliicli only seems to drive them deep into the soil Nearly every kind of plant is attacked by them (1), In 1896 damage caused them to strawberries was reported from Canterbury, In I'JOr, they were reported hy Mr. Cliampion as doing much damage t(.. the same phints near Jlaidstone and also again near Cauterb,iry. In 1907 they were said by a correspondent to be ver)' pleutifid in strawberry beds at Warl
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insects, Injurious to the Strcmherry. 447 by the cold, wliicli only seems to drive them deep into the soil Nearly every kind of plant is attacked by them (1), In 1896 damage caused them to strawberries was reported from Canterbury, In I'JOr, they were reported hy Mr. Cliampion as doing much damage t(.. the same phints near Jlaidstone and also again near Cauterb,iry. In 1907 they were said by a correspondent to be ver)' pleutifid in strawberry beds at Warliugliam. They attack this fruit plant, first of all, by eating the rootlets, and later tliey tunnel right up the main roots (Fig. -Am) and even into the crown. By so doing tliey entirely destroy the plants. 'rni;Y. The adult moth appears about mid May ami continues tlirougli- out June, and may even be fjuml as late as mid July. The moth appears on the wing at dusk, especially o^•er grass, clover and herbs, and flies with a curious, pen(hdum-like movement', especially the male. It darts about witli great energ>', lience the name Swift Moth. The moth (Fig. ) is very \-ariable in size and colour. The. FIG. 2110.— OF G.\R])EN tfWIFT :\[*t'ril. (SJiglitJy ) lengtli is about ;t incli, and the wing expanse from 1 to 1 [ inch. The fore wings are pale fulvous brown, with a jjale almost -svhite streak running from the base to the inner margin, and this is con- tinued from the inner margin to near the a]iex; liind wings pale brown ; alxlomen yellowish-brown. In some tlie wliite on tlie wings is almost absent. The ova are dark and are drop]:ied by the females during flight upon tlie ground and may hatcli in nine days. The. 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
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