114 DESTROYING INSECTS. [CHAP. V. 



torpid state should be destroyed. This, though 

 some may escape, will effectually prevent them 

 from becoming numerous ; and, as the eggs are 

 not laid till April or May, care should be taken, 

 before that season, to destroy all the snails that 

 can be found. The eggs are round, almost 

 transparent, and of a bluish white, like opal ; 

 and they are always found in small clusters, 

 buried in the ground. 



