ASPARAGUS BEETLES AND THEIR CONTROL. 13 



instead of at one end, as with the common species. Soon after the 

 larva hatches it finds its way to an asparagus berry, enters it, and 

 feeds upon the pulp. In due time it leaves this berry for another one, 

 and when full grown it deserts its last larval habitation and enters the 

 earth, where it transfonns to the pupa and afterwards to the beetle. 

 The life cycle does not differ materiaUy from that of the common 

 species, and probably the same number of generations are developed, 

 or nearly as many. 



The remedies for the twelve-spotted asparagus beetle are those 

 indicated for the common asparagus beetle, with the possible excep- 

 tion of the caustic lime and some other measures that are directed 

 solely against the larvae of that species, but the habit of the larva 

 of living within the berry places it for that period beyond the reach 

 of insecticides. The collection and destruction of the asparagus 

 berries before ripening might be a solution of the problem, but it is 

 questionable if recourse to this measure would be necessary, save in 

 case of an exceptional abundance of the insect. A thorough spraymg 

 with arsenate of lead as advised for the common species should be 

 sufficient for its control. 



