76 INJURIOUS INSECTS OF 1904. 



4. A large white grub eating the roots. 

 MAY BEETLE. 



Fig. 71. — Lachnostcrua fiisca. Froehl. From Riley. 



Remedy: Grub.s eaten by fowls. Crows are fond of them. They are 

 attacked by disease. 



5. A hard yellowish or brownish worm eating the root. 

 WIRE WORM. 



Fig. 72. 



Remedy: Plant strawberries only in land which has been in cultivation 

 some time. Wire worms may be trapped or poisoned. See page 172. 



