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colored hairs (Fig. 1()9). The eggs of this species have not 

 been described. There is only one brood annually. 



References 



Forbes, 2.3rd Kept. State Ent. 111., p. 21. 190.5. 

 Dept. Agr. Canada Ent. Bull. 10, pp. 25-2G. 1915. 



The Spotted-Legged Cutworm 



Porosagrotis vetusta Walker 



Although a rather uncommon species, this cutworm has 

 occasionally- appeared in destructive numbers in Virginia and 



North Carolina. It ranges 

 from Nova Scotia south to 

 Georgia and west to Colo- 





rado. Its food plants in- 

 clude cowpea, watermelon, 

 Fig. 170. - A full-grown spotted- cantaloupe, kale, spinach, 



legged cutworm (X 1b). . . ' 



lettuce, cabbage, cultivated 

 dandelion, parsley and corn. It has also been recorded as 

 climbing peach-trees to feed on the buds. 



In New York the winter is probably passed as partly grown 

 caterpillars which complete 

 their growth the following 

 season and pupate in July. 

 The moths are on the 

 wing in late July, August 

 and September. In the 

 South the caterpillars are 

 destructive in April and 

 May and again in Sep- fic i7i. — The spotted-legged cutworm 

 tember. The full-grown moth (x U). 



caterpillar is about 1 i inches in length ; the whole body 

 above the spiracles is a dull, dark grayish brown ; the 

 underside is lighter (Fig. 170). The body is marked with 



