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becomes abundant during the month of July, is injurious to corn as 
it comes into silk and tassel. The moths are attracted to the silk 
and leaves where the eggs are deposited. This is the most destruc- 
tive generation to corn. The caterpillars feed on the silks, later 
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Fic. 3.—Corn earworm injury to bud (at left) and tassel (at right) of corn. Reduced 
nearly one-half. (Quaintance and Brues.) 
on the kernels of the ear, and when full grown bore out through 
the husks, crawl down the plant, and enter the ground to pupate. 
The third, or August, generation is attracted to cotton, attacking 
it at the time when most of the corn in southern fields is maturing 
