INSECTS INFESTING THE STRAWBERRY. 



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transparent, and ex])and about six lines. — Kiley's Ninth 

 Missouri Report. 



Remedy. — If the phint is bearing fruit, use No. 19, or spray 

 with No. 83 or 85. 



CHAPTER GXLVI. 



The Strawberry Leaf-roller. 



( xi nch i/h)prra fraga ria' — Riley.) 



Synonym. — Plio.rojttc'rif^ fnujaruc. — \V. and R. 



Order, Lepidoftera ; Family, Tortricid.e. 



[Rolling up and feeding upon the leaves of the strawberry ; 

 a yellowish or greenish brown caterpillar about four lines long, 

 with a yellowish-brown head having a ]»lack spot on each side.] 



This caterpillar (Fig 219a) feeds upon the upper surface of 

 the leaf, giving the latter the appearance of having been 

 scorched. It pupates within its nest, and the moth (Fig. 219c) 

 which issues a few weeks later has the head, thorax and fore- 

 wings reddish-brown, the latter streaked and spotted with 

 black and white. It expands about six lines. 



Fig. 219. 



Fig. 219.— Strawberry 

 Leaf-roller ; a, the cater- 

 pillar — color, dull olive- 

 green ; b, head and first 

 four segments of its 

 body, enlarged ; d, two 

 last segments of its 

 body, enlarged ; c, the moth enlarged — colors, reddish-brown, 

 black and white. 



There are two broods of these leaf-rollers each season, the 

 last brood passing the Winter in the pupa state. 



I have found a small caterpillar on the strawberry leaves 

 similar to that described here, but failed to rear the perfect 

 insect, and therefore cannot say to what species it belonged. 



Remedy. — Use No. 24. 



