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JOURNAL OF AGRTCULTUEE OF P. Tt. 



OTHER CUCUMBER PESTS. 



Ants eat out tlie contents of seeds (see General Feeders, page 269) ; 

 Leptoglossus gonogara (see Squash, page 307) ; PJithia picta (see 

 Squash, page 307) ; Pj/cnodercs incin-vus (see Squash, page 306). 



EGGPLANT. 



FIRE ANT 



(SoJenopsis gemi- 

 11 at a). 



This abundant 

 and disagreeable ant 

 lias been occasion- 

 ally found doing 

 damage to the egg- 

 plant. It builds 

 galleries of mud 

 over tlie stem and 

 branches and covers 

 the fruit with a 

 layer of soil, under 

 which it feeds. 



It may be con- 

 trolled by destroy- 

 ing the nests that 

 are to be found at 

 or near the roots of 

 the plant affected. 

 For directions see 

 page 269. 



EGGPLANT APHIS 



{li It opalosipJi um 

 persicm). 



Fig. 48. — Melon Aphis {Apliis gossinni). Cantaloupe 

 leaves showing curling caused by the aphis. (U. S. 

 Bureau of Entomology.) 



T li is grayish- 

 green a p li i d fre- 

 quently occurs in 

 great numbers on the eggplant and peppers. Both winged and 

 wingless forms occur on the plants at one time, and they multiply 

 so rapidly that once started they soon infest every plant in the patch. 



