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it has been recorded as attacking radish and cabbage though 

 doubtless it feeds on other garden vegetables. 



The partly grown caterpillars hibernate. They emerge in 

 early spring and soon complete their growth, usually in the 

 latter part of May and June. The mature caterpillar is If 

 inches in length, of a very light yellowish gray with irregular 

 whitish areas on the dorsal 

 and lateral aspects of the 

 bofly. There is a faint 

 white stripe just below the 

 spiracles (Fig. 166). Pupa- 

 tion takes place in the 

 ground and the moths 

 emerge during June and 



July. The pupa is f Fig. 167. — The white cutworm moth 



inch in length. The moth 



(natural size). 



has an expanse of If inches. The front wings are ash- 

 gray suffused with either brownish, yellowish or reddish. There 

 is a dark area at the posterior half of the reniform spot. The 

 hind wings are whitish with a double dusky shade on the outer 

 edge and have a dark discal spot (Fig. 167). The eggs of this 

 species have not been described. There is only a single genera- 

 tion a year. 



References 



Riley, 1st Rept. State Ent. Mo., pp. 76-79. 1869. 

 Cornell Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 104, pp. 567-569. 1895. 

 Dept. Agr. Canada Ent. Bull. 10, pp. 21-22. 1915. 



The Glassy Cutworm 

 Hadena devastatrix Brace 



This cutworm is more distinctly a forage crop pest but 

 occasionally becomes injurious to vegetables. It is widely 

 distributed throughout the United States and Canada, more 

 abundantly in the North. It feeds on corn, grasses, wheat, 



