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of insects as well as destroying probably some eggs whi(^h have 

 not hatched, thereby lessening the beetle crop for next year. 

 Planting" a nnich larger number of seeds than are actually 

 needed is also practiced. This beetle, its back striped with yel- 



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Fig. 100%. — Diabrottica vittata, Fab. Div. of Entomology, U. S. Department of 



Agriculture. 



lowish or greenish and black, about 3/2 inch long, can be readily 

 distinguished from the two bugs pictured at the beginning of 

 this article, both of which are called Squash Bugs. 



CUTWORM REMEDIES. 



Cutworms are the larvae of moths belonging to the family 

 Noctuidae. These moths are night flyers ; their eyes shine in 

 the lamp light and hence they are sometimes called "Owlet 

 Moths.'' The eggs are laid by the female moth for the most part 

 on leaves or the soft parts of plants. Land recently in sod is 

 likely to be infested, and the crop following sod is pretty sure 

 to suffer if attractive to these pests. Some cutworms climb fruit 

 trees and eat the buds. See, in this connection, page 69. 



Late fall plowing by turning up the pupae of cutworms, where 

 a'varying temperature has a chance to work on them, and crows, 

 blackbirds and other birds have an opportunity to eat them, is an 

 excellent thing. 



Many growers of melons, squashes and cucumbers protect 

 their young plants by cylinders of tin (tomato cans with ends 

 melted out are good) or cardboard or even -browh paper, a 



