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pearance, for its whole length, due to the contents of its 

 intestines, which show through the skin; the White Grub 

 shows this dark color only near the tail end. 



EEMEDIES. THE BEETLE As many insects are not in- 

 jurious in their perfect form, the June-bug has not gen- 

 erally been regarded as harmful. As it is a destructive 

 feeder in its beetle state, it should be destroyed not only 

 for the mischief it may do as a beetle, but for the pre- 

 vention of its progeny. Those that enter the house 

 should be caught and killed. In each locality the insect 

 is usually more numerous than at other times, once in 

 three years. When the trees in which they harbor are dis- 



Fig. 48. LANTERN TRAP FOR THE JUNE-BUG. 



covered, large numbers may be destroyed by placing 

 sheets beneath the trees, and in early morning, when they 

 are torpid, the beetles may be shaken from the trees, 

 gathered, and destroyed. As it is only in the perfect state 

 that any effective war can be waged against the White 

 Grub, every method should be employed to kill as many 

 beetles as possible. That which promises to be most ef- 

 fective is, to take advantage of the fact that they are 

 attracted by light, and to set traps for them. A simple 

 form is to place a lamp in a tub, made by sawing a barrel 

 in halves, in the bottom of whicli is a few inches of water. 



