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In Europe, where this species is native, it is common, but not 
especially destructive. 
The chief damage is from the work of the hibernated beetles in 
early spring upon the young and edible asparagus shoots. Later 
beetles as well as larve appear to feed exclusively on the berries. 
The eggs are deposited singly, and apparently by preference, upon 
old plants, toward the ends of shoots, which, lower down, bear ripen- 
ing berries, and they are attached along their sides (fig. 7), 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 first berry for another one, and 
when full growth is attained it deserts its last larval habitation and 
enters the earth, where it transforms to pupa and afterwards to the 
beetle. The life cycle does not differ materially from that of the 
common species, and there is probably the same number of genera- 
tions developed, or nearly as many. 
REMEDIES. 
The remedies are those indicated for the common asparagus beetle, 
with the possible exception of caustic lime and some other measures 
that are directed solely against the larve 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. 
Approved: 
James WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
Wasuineton, D. C., April 15, 1908. 
[Cir. 102] 
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