12 The Bulletin. 



It is utterly useless to try to poisou the cabbage louse (or any of the 

 plant lice for that matter) with Paris green. The louse simply can not 

 eat the Paris green even if it tried to do so. It is a sucking insect. 



CUTWORMS. 



{Several Species.) 

 Order Lepidoptera, Family Noctuidcp. 



Description. — Eather stout-bodied, soft, brown, blackish or grayish 

 caterpillars, which remain concealed during the day and do damage at 

 night by eating off young plants at or near the surface of the ground. 



Injury in North Carolina. — Cutworms are a common pest every- 

 where on all kinds of transplanted crops as well as cotton, corn and 

 others. Cabbage suffers badly from their attacks, especially in the 

 spring; and they are more severe in their injuries during the cool spells 

 after they once become active. 



Distribution. — Cutworms are destructive in all sections, and there 

 are a number of different kinds of them. The exact species of cutworms 

 in North Carolina might not be the same as in some other States, yet 

 "cutworms" are a common nuisance everywhere, and every bulletin on 

 garden insects, whether from east or west, north or south, United 

 States or Canada, makes mention of these pests. 



Life History. — All our species of cutworms are the caterpillar 

 (larvse) stage of certain kinds of night-flying moths or "millers." The 

 adult parent moths are usually brown or grayish in color (with hind 

 wings lighter) and measure from 1 to 2 inches from tip to tip when 

 the wings are spread. These moths begin to appear in early summer. 



Fio. 2. — Granulated Cutworm, ouc ul uui mu.-i dcsLructnc species. Showing the cutworm 

 extended and curled up. About natural size. (Photo by Z. P. Metcalf.) 



in late May and June, and continue to be common until November. 

 The moths lay their eggs mostly in grassy or weedy places, and these 

 eggs hatch to tiny little cutworms which feed on the grasses or weeds. 

 Many of them pass the winter in these grassy and Aveedy lands 

 in a half-grown condition and when spring opens they are hungry 

 for food to complete their growth. It is at this time that they are the 

 most troublesome. They usually feed at night, but they may do 

 damage in the daytime, especially if it is cloudy. During the day they 

 usually remain hidden under trash, rubbish or clods, or burrow in the 



