IN8ECTS ATTACKING GARDEN VEGETABLES. 



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Fig. 31. Southern Cabbage-wohm: u, adult: 

 f), larva. 



sive than in raj)ce. The 

 female j^^otodice is alto- 

 gether darker than the 

 male. The insect is two- 

 brooded, second brood hi- 

 bernating in the chrysalid 

 stage. 



Remedies. — As for Im- 

 ported Cabbage-worms. 



Kan sas Notes. — This 

 cabbage pest is not as in- 

 jurious as the Imported 



■Cabbage-worm, or the Cabbage Plusia. 



CABBAG-B PLUSIA. 



(Plusia brassica? Riley; Order, Lepidoptera.) 



Diagnosis. — Infesting cabbage, turnip, tomato, celery, clover, 

 etc. ; caterpillars about one inch long, pale green, with paler lon- 

 gitudinal lines, eating large, irregular holes in the leaves ; the cat- 

 erpillars ha\4e but five pairs of legs instead of eight pairs, as is the 

 case with the Imported Cabbage-worms, and loop the body when 

 walking, like a span worm. 



Description and Life-history. — The adult is a moth, expanding 

 about 1 h inches, smoky gray with 

 brownish tinge, and marked in the 

 middle of each front wing with a 

 small, silvery, V-shaped mark and 

 a small, oval dot. The moth flies 

 at night. The eggs are laid on the 

 cabbage leaves, and as soon as 

 hatched the young larvae begin to 

 feed on their favorite food-plant. 

 The larva, (described in the diag- 

 nosis,) when full-grown, spins a 

 thin, loose, white cocoon, often be- 



,1 1 , 1 J Fig. 32. Cabbage Plusia: a, adult; 



tween the cabbage leaves, and pu- b, larva. 



