INJURING THE FRUIT. 93 



the pupa state ( 1, 2 ), and later emerge as flies. 

 In the Southern States there are two broods each sea- 

 son, while at the North there appears to be but one. 



Remedies. — The Strawberry Slug is especially 

 liable to injure young, non-fruiting plantations, 

 where it may easily be destroyed by spraying or 

 dusting with Paris green. ( )n fruiting plantations 

 this method may be used in localities where a second 

 brood of larvae appears after the fruit is gathered. 

 Pyrethrum or insect powder may be used in such 

 cases on the first brood. It is probable that burn- 

 ing the fields over early in summer after the crop 

 •s gathered will help to hold this insect in check. 



INJURING THE FRUIT. 



The Tarnished Plant Bug. 



Lygus pratensis. 

 1 nis is a small, yellowish-brown or yellowish-green 

 bug, more or less mottled with dusky, about one-fifth 

 of an inch long (Fig. 40), which is extremely com- 

 mon in nearly all parts of the United States. It 

 attacks a great variety of plants, subsist- 

 ing upon the sap, and is especially de- 

 structive in the strawberry field on ac- 

 count of its injuries to the young fruit, f^WMj\ 1 

 the growth of which it checks, causing ^ \fl|7 



an irregular, malformed appearance Fig. jo. Tarmsh- 



, i ■ i a -i • ed Plant Bn s- 



known as ' buttoning. According to Magnified. 



