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knta. and Protomyces pachydermis, and is galled by Asphondylia 

 Pimpinella. The beetles Melolontha vulgaris, Agriotes lineat^ls, a 

 Thysanopterous insect Thrips vulgatissima, three Hymenoptera (Myr- 

 mosa melanocepkala, Tibhia femorata, Mellinus sabulosus), Hawk Moth 

 and Lepidoptera (Swallow Tail (Papilio Mackaoii), Death's Head 



Photo. Flatters & Garnett 



WILD CARROT (Daucus Carota, L.) 



(Acherontia Atropos], (fiotys palealis}, Depressaria nervosa, Clisio- 

 campa castrensis, Semasia rufillana], and a fly Psila rosee, feed on it, 

 also a Homopterous insect, Triosa viridula. 



Daucus is a Greek word denoting- a kind of parsnip or carrot. 

 Carota is a Latin word for carrot, derived from Greek. The Wild 

 Carrot is called Bee's-nest, Wild Carrot, Crow's-nest, Dawke, Dill, 

 Fiddle, Field More, Hill-trot, Mir-rot, Rantipole. Bird's Nest is 

 given because the flower has a nest-like shape, of which resemblance 



