INJURIOUS INSECTS OF 1904. 



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2. A white grub boring downward from the crown. 

 STRAWBERRY CROWN BORER. 



CC h 



Fig. 69. — Tyloderma fragarice, Ril. After Riley. 



Remedy: Old beds more likely to be infested than new beds. Dig up 

 and burn plants after fruiting season. 



3. Eating out the crown and roots, a dark brown snout 

 beetle or its whitish grub. Quite destructive, at times, 

 in this state. 



PITCHY-LEGGED OTIORHYNCUS. 



Fig. 70. — Otiorhynchus ovatus, Linn. 



Remedy: No remedy known beyond the 'digging up and destroying of old 

 beds when infested. 



