The Pests of Garden Plants 



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POTATO BEETLE OR 

 Lygus solani 



BUG 



recommendation is that infected Peas should be plunged into boiling 

 water for one minute before sowing ; but care must be exercised, 



or the Peas will be killed with 



the Weevils. 



The Potato Beetle or 

 Potato Bug (Lygus solani} 

 is a destructive and common 

 insect that lives upon Potato 

 foliage. Our illustration shows 

 the insect natural size and 

 magnified. Its body is green 

 and its head ochreous. The 

 Colorado Potato Beetle is a 

 totally different insect. Paris Green is a remedy, but this is a strong 

 poison. One ounce is required for ten gallons of water, which must 

 be constantly agitated while it is sprayed over the foliage. 



Daddy Long Legs, in its perfect form of a fly (Tipuld), does 

 no harm, but it lays eggs in turf and in garden soil, and the dark grubs 

 are terribly destructive. When this pest is known to exist in turf, it 

 is a good plan to roll the grass late at night and early in the morning. 



This will crush the grubs 

 wholesale when feeding. 

 A bush harrow used at the 

 same hours will sweep them 

 up, and whenever they can 

 be got together in numbers, 

 a heavy sprinkling of salt 

 will kill them, although they 

 are proof against mild 

 poisons, whether liquid or 

 solid, when applied dif- 

 fusively. Where song-birds 

 are scarce the Tipula is 

 capable of utterly destroying 

 grass, and of seriously ra- 

 vaging the Kitchen Garden ; 

 but cultivation, aided by the 

 robins, thrushes, nightingales, and other birds, will keep the 

 insect within bounds, even after a hot summer favourable to its 



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DADDY LONG LEGS 

 Tipula, (in various stages) 



