INSECTS AFFECTING GRASS. 



INJURING THE ROOTS. 



The White Grub. 



Lachnosterna fusca. 



This notorious pest is the young or larva of the 



common May Beetle or June Bug. Its life-history 



may be briefly summarized as follows : The brown 



beetles, shown at 3 and 4, Fig. 131, appear during 



Fig. 131. May Beetle: 1 pupa: 2, larva: 3 and 4, adult. 



May and June, and feed at night upon the foliage of 

 various fruit and shade trees. They deposit small, 

 whitish eggs among the roots of grass. These eggs 

 hatch into small, brown-headed grubs, that feed 

 upon the roots about them. They continue feeding 

 for two seasons, when they are full grown and 



