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third year, when they pupate, finally coming from the ground as 

 beetles. 



Since the grubs live in the ground until the third year after the 

 eggs were laid, it is good practice not to use land for strawberries 

 before the third or fourth year after it was in sod. 



SAW FLY. 



(Emphytus maculatus ISTort.) 

 This insect is only occasionally injurious in this State. The 

 adult insect is a four-winged fly of the general habits of the cur- 

 rant and raspberry saw flies. The larvae feed upon the leaves. 

 There are probably two broods annually, the second brood pass- 

 ing the winter in the ground. 



The larvse may be killed by spraying the infested plants with 

 hellebore, one ounce to the gallon of water. 



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