28G MANUAL OF VEGETABLE-GARDEN INSECTS 



moths of the first brood are on the wing from late May to the 

 middle of July ; those of the second, from August to October. 



Reference 

 Forbes, 23rd Kept. State Ent. III., pp. 35-36. 1905. 



The Bronzed Cutworm 



Nephelodes minians Guenee 



Although rarely injurious in vegetable-gardens, the bronzed 

 cutworm is often destructive to corn, grain and grasses. This 

 species ranges throughout the northern United States and 

 Canada. 



The winter is passed as partly grown caterpillars. They 

 mature in June and are then nearly 2 inches in length, of a 



grayish brown or bronze 

 color with conspicuous pale 

 stripes extending the whole 

 length of the body, a median 

 stripe, and on each side two 

 stripes above the spiracles, 

 the upper one broader and 

 more distinct. The dorsal 

 stripes cross the cervical and 

 anal shields. The cater- 

 pillars transform to dark 

 The pupal period may last as 

 long as ten weeks. The moth has an expanse of about 1^ 

 inches. The front wings are rich reddish brown often suffused 

 with violet, and crossed near the middle by irregular darker 

 brown bands. The hind wings are brown suffused with reddish 

 or violet (Fig. 175). The eggs of this species have not been 

 described. So far as known, there is only a single generation 

 annuallv. 



175. — The bronzed cutworm moth 

 (XU). 



brown pupse in earthen cells. 



