INJURIOUS INSECTS OF 1904. 



6a 



2, 



A pale or greenish caterpillar Yi inch long, injuring fruit: 

 of currant. Not common in Minnesota. 

 CURRANT FRUIT WORM. 



Fig. 51. — Eupithecia interrupt ofasciat a. Pack. 



3. Small grub feeding in fruit of currant and gooseberry, 

 causing it to turn red prematurely. 



CURRANT FLY. 



Remedy: Same as for Gooseberry Fruit Worm. 



The following insects also work on currants, and to some ex- 

 tent on gooseberries : 



American Currant Borer ; Native Currant Borer ; Saddle-backed 

 Caterpillar; lo Emperor Moth; Currant Endropia; Currant An- 

 gerona ; Pepper and Salt Currant Moth ; Oblique-banded Leaf 

 Roller, etc. 



GRAPE INSECTS. 

 A. Attacking the Roots: 



I. Producing little irregular spherical galls on rootlets and 

 larger roots, causing death. Have not met with it in 

 Minnesota. 



GRAPE-VINE PHYLLOXERA. 



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Fig. 52. — Phylloxera vastatrix, Plach. : a, leaf with galls; b, section of galls showing mother 

 louse at center with young clustered about; r, egg; d. larva; e, adult female; f, same 

 from side — a, natural size, rest much enlarged. From Marlatt, Dep. of Agriculture. 



