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CORN AND GRASS. 



[1899 



More observations of the above kinds of Clover flower-head attacks, 

 with notes of measures found serviceable for their prevention, would 

 be very acceptable for general farm use. 



CORN AND GRASS. 



Cabbage Daddy Longlegs. Tiptila olfracra, Linn. 



Spotted or Yellow Daddy Longlegs. Tipula maculosa, Hoffm. 



Paclii/rhin<( vmoilosa, Hofifm. and Meigen.''' 



Tipula oleracea. 



-Fly, larva, aud pupa standing upright in the ground 

 as before escape of fly. 



The "Leather Jacket" grubs, from which are produced the swarms 

 of large, somewhat gnat-like, two-winged, aud long-legged flies, com- 

 monly known as "Daddy Longlegs," or "Crane Flies," are only too 

 well known by reason of tlie mischief which they cause every year at 

 the roots of grass, of corn, aud of many other kinds, both of field and 

 garden crops, by gnawing them just below the surface of the ground, 

 and thus more or less injuring the attacked plants, or destroying them 

 them totally, as the case may be. 



* In the following notes some of the observations refer to the presence of 

 Tipuhe larvfe in pasture land, others to presence at Strawberry roots ; but as they 

 could not conveniently be separated, and as one of the observations refers their 

 presence at both crops, I have inserted them under the heading " Corn and Grass " 

 as the most well-known locality, but referring back to this heading from that of 

 " Strawberry." 



