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specimens having been sent in more out of 

 curiosity than for any other reason. One lot 

 of the larvae was sent in from outside the 

 state, which enabled us to obtain photographs 

 of this and the pupal stage, and later of adults 

 bred from the same lot. 



The work of these pests is, for the most 

 part, done to the outer part of the crown of 

 the strawberry. They, no doubt, feed on other 

 jilants also, but their work on strawberry 

 seems to result in the only injury of conse- 

 quence. The larvae do their work late in May 

 and early in June. When full grown, the 

 larvae make little cells in soil where they 

 jmpate, later changing to adult beetles, which 

 come forth about the middle of July. The 

 larvae look like minute white-grulis, being 

 usually less than one-fourth of an inch long 

 and curved into a segment of a circle. The 

 white pupae are about the same size, but show 



the shape of the forming legs, wings, etc. The adults are snout-beetles, 

 dark brown or almost black in color, with small head and thorax and 

 broad ovate abdomen ; they are less than one-fourth inch long. 



Strawberry Crowii- 

 girdler, enlarged (Original). 



Fig. 15 



FiQ. 16. Strawberry Crowii-girdlcr, larvae and pupae enlarged (Original). 



During the late autumn, the adult beetles are to be seen congregating 

 about buildings, often crawling up the foundation walls. 



REMEDIES. 



Very few experimenis have been tried looking to the control of this 

 beetle, owing to the infrequency of infestations. Plowing about the 

 first of June should bury the larvae and i)upac so that few would escape. 



