200 MANUAL OF V EdET ABLE-GARDEN INSECTS 



larvjie were found boring in the stems and roots, causing the 

 death of the phmt. This weevil breeds normally in the heads 

 and stalks of the common arrowhead, a plant found growing in 

 low, wet ground. Its attack on parsley was apparently more 

 or less incidental. 



Other Carrot, Celery and Parsnip Insects 



Cabbage looper : 8 

 Yellow bear caterpillar : 357 

 Spinach aphis : 105 

 Garden springtail : 139 

 Bean aphis : 76 

 Garden flea-hopper : 77 

 Spotted cutworm : 262 

 Striped cutworm : 270 

 Variegated cutworm : 276 

 Spotted-legged cutworm : 282 

 Army cutworm : 287 

 Army-worm : 288 

 Striped blister-beetle : 302 

 Black blister-beetle : 307 

 Potato flea-beetle : 314 

 Pale-striped flea-beetle : 321 

 Root-knot nematode : 338 

 Millipedes: 342 

 Wheat wireworm : 348 

 Slugs: 354 



