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INSECTS AFFECTING THE STRAWBERRY. 



surfaces together and fastening them by silken cords 

 .(Fig. 37), and feeds upon their substance till they 



Fig. 37. Strawberry leaf folded by Leaf-roller. 



look brown and scorched. It is sometimes exceed- 

 ingly destructive, and has been considered by some 

 entomologists the most injurious of the insect enemies 

 of the strawberry. It probably occurs in nearly all 

 the Northern states ; and, is also found in Europe, 

 where, however, it is does not prove troublesome. 

 It hatches from eggs laid in spring upon the straw- 

 berry plants by a small, reddish-brown moth, which 

 is accurately represented slightly magnified at Fig. 

 ■38, c. The larva attains its full growth in June, 



