356 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD 



be detected by the excrement extruded from its burrow, 

 and if the wound be covered with moist earth it will assist the 

 healing. Destroy the parent moths whenever they are seen. 



FIG. 300. The pickle worm (Diaphania nitidalis Cramer) : larva, pupa, and 

 adult all enlarged. (Photos by Quaintance.) 



The Pickle Worm * 



The pickle worm is so called because it was first noted as 

 injuring cucumbers grown for pickling, but in the Gulf States, 

 where it is most injurious it is more commonly a pest of melons, 



* Diaphania nitidalis Cramer. Family Pyraustidos. See A. L. Quaint- 

 ance, Bulletin 54, Ga. Agr. Exp. Sta., R. I. Smith, Bulletin 214, N. C. Agr. 

 Exp. Sta. 



