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Remedy: Do not betray their presence until plant dies. When plant dies 

 suddenly, or looks sickly from an unknown cause, examine roots carefully 

 (and in case of raspberries and blackberries, the base of cane also), and if a 

 borer is at work there, it should be sought for and killed. 



2. Canes at base of main root girdled by a yellowish white 

 caterpillar, in late svunmer and autumn. 



BRAMBLE-CROWN BORER. 



Remedy: Canes dying or dead from an unknown cause should have their 

 roots examined, and if this sixteen-legged grub is found it should be killed. 



B. Attacking the Canes: 



I. Longitudinal row of punctures on canes. 



SNOWY TREE CRICKET. 



Fig. 28. 



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Fig. 28. — Eggs of CEcanthus spec: a, twig showing punctures; b, twig split open to sliow 



eggs; c, a single egg; d. cap of egg, enlarged. After Riley. 

 Fig. 29. — (Ecanthus fasiatus, male. Resembling Snowy Tree Cricket. Lugger. 



