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(b) Leaves eaten and infested with reddish soft grubs and striped beetles — 

 Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata). 



(c) Leaves riddled with small holes or surface eaten in spots — Potato Flea 

 Beetle (Epitrix eucumeris). 



(d) Leaves eaten and with a ragged appearance; presence of long blacker 

 striped beetles — Blister Beetles (Epicauta spp.). 



(e) Stalks wilt and die, tunnel in stalk near the ground, and presence of a 

 white footless grub — Potato Stalk Borer (Trichobaris trinotata). 



INSECTS INJURIOUS TO GARDEN VEGETABLES. 



Under the term ''Garden Vegetables'' may be included Asparagus, 

 Beets, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Cucumber, Ohion, Parsnip. (Carrots, 

 beans, peas and potatoes have already been considered.) 



The Roots — 



(a) Roots of cabbage and cauliflower and bulb or base of onion mined by 

 white maggots — Root Maggots (Phorbia brassicae and Phorbia ceparum). 



Cabbage Maggot : a. larva : b. pupa ; c. adult. (Riley) 



(b) Roots of cucumber, squash, melon and pumpkin eaten, and plants fail 

 to come up — White Grubs, Wireworms. 



(c) Roots of Cucumber, etc., gnawed and mined, plants wilt and die — 

 Striped Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica vittata). 



