FIGHT WITH INSECTS. 29 



troublesome about lamps during the month of June. The 

 female insect deposits its eggs on the under-side of 



The worms feed in colonies; and, by lying side In- 

 side on the leaves, they consume large quantities of lea^ 

 during their existence as caterpillars, which h bout £ 



week.-. They are striped with black and yellow. One pecul- 

 iarity of this worm is. that, when at rest, the head and tail 

 are carried into the air above the body, which 

 legs near the centre : when - d, it thro- 



side to side. A constant lookout should be kept for I 

 pest during the months of August and September. '1 

 should be picked off. and destroyed. The .--worm is 



about the color of the bark of an apple-tree. The female 

 has no wing.-,: but, as soon as warm >■ 



spring, she leaves the ground, and crawls up the trunk of 

 the trees, and lays her eg§ which hatch about the time 

 apple-trees are in bloom. Trees affected with these worms 

 look as if their foliage had b orehed by fire. 



The best way to keep these worms from injuring trees 

 to tack - of paper, cloth, o; . around the trunks, 



and :.vl r .vet '.v;?.h coal-tar to prevent the female 



from ascending the tree to lay her eggs. See that the 

 does not g ■ : if so. this insect will crawl oven md lay 



n the tree, and the mif will be done. To 



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successful in the growing of fruits, one must understand the 

 nature of the fruit grown, what diseases it is subject to, 



the insects that prey upon the tree 01 Cruit, and now to battle 

 with each. 



