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ber and all vines of that family, just as soon as they 

 have served their purpose, either plow or burn, and 

 do it then. 



On cool nights, the bugs love to hide under shel- 

 ters. Old shingles, placed on the ground near the 

 vines, harbor dozens of the adults over night. The 

 lesson is obvious, — put out pieces of board and 

 shingles and destroy the bugs early in the morning 

 before they get to the vines. Jar the bugs off into 

 pails of water having a little kerosene floating on it. 



Cucumber-beetle {Diahrotica vittata). 



Fig 31. 

 Squash-bug. 



-H 



Fig. 32. — Cucumber beetle larvae, enlarged. 

 (After Riley, Second Mo. Rep.) 



plants and often killing them be- 

 fore they even get a start. Fur- 

 thermore the beetles lay their 

 eggs on the stems just under the 

 soil and the larvae or grubs that 

 hatch from them, tunnel their 

 ways through the roots, often 

 killing the i)lants that escape the 

 winged beetles. 



REMEDIES, 



Many growers start their 

 plants in berry boxes under 

 cover, and set them out in the 

 field, after the vines commence 

 to run. This helps out a good 

 deal but does not entirely con-' 

 trol the pests. Paris-green is 

 rather dangerous and is apt to 

 kill the vines, and their rapid 

 growth makes it necessary to ap- 

 ply very often, causing the poison 

 to accumulate on the older 

 leaves, thus seriously endanger- 

 ing them. For this reason, it is 



The cucumber-beetle, often known 

 as the striped cucumber-beetle, is a 

 small 3'ellow and black creature a 

 little over one-eighth of an inch in 

 length, which feeds on cucumber, 

 melon, squash, and all vines of this 

 family, besides a host of other 

 plants, including sugar beets. It is 

 straw colored with three longitud- 

 inal black stripes. 



Every owner of a garden is fa- 

 miliar with the little pests that come 

 in great numbers just as the plants 

 come up, eating holes in the young 



Fig. 33. — Cucumber-beetle, enlarged. (Author's 

 Illustration.) 



