INSECTS AFFECTING THE STRAWBERRY. 



INJURING THE ROOT. 



The Strawberry Root- worms. 



Paria aterrima, Graphops pubescens, and Scelodonta 

 nebidosus. 



In the larval stage the three species of beetles 

 named above feed upon the fibrous roots of the 

 strawberry, often doing a great deal of damage. 

 They are quite similar in life history and habits, all 

 depositing eggs about the base of the plant, that 

 hatch into small, whitish grubs. The grubs feed 

 upon . the strawberry roots, increasing gradually in 

 size. When fully grown they are of the form repre- 

 sented, very greatly magnified, at Fig. 33. They 

 then pupate 

 in earthen 

 cells in the 

 soil, and soon 

 after emerge 

 as beetles, 

 one species of 

 which is 



shown much Fig. 33. Strawberry Root-worm. Greatly magnified. 



magnified at Fig. 34. The beetles feed upon the 

 foliage of the strawberry, often doing a noticeable 

 damage. The injury of these insects in the larval 



