INSECTS, ETC. 



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Remedies. — If plants are badly infested there is no 

 remedy, as the insects will have sucked all the nutriment 

 out of the shoots and completely paralysed the growth. 

 In the latter case the plants should be promptly burnt. 

 Where only a few aphides are seen, nip off the tops into 

 a pail and burn them, or trample them well underfoot, 

 or syringe with Formula 14. Dusting with lime and soot 

 is also a g(X)d remedy. 



Beet Carrion Beetle (Silpha opaca). — This is a 

 small black beetle barely half an inch long, and covered 

 with yellow hairs. It is a common pest, frequently met 



BEET CARIUOX BEETLE. 



References: 13 and 14, Larva; feeding- on leaf; 15, Typical larva; 16, Anothe.i 

 view of larva ; 23, Beetle ; 24, Beetle with wings expanded. 



with feeding on dead animals, but is also very partial to 

 the leaves of the beet and the mangold. The grubs or 

 larvae are, however, the most mischievous. They are black 

 and shiny, like a woodlouse in shape, and a third to half 

 an inch in length. They feed chiefly at night, and do the 

 greatest damage in spring. 



Remedies. — Where veiy troublesome spray the foliage 

 at night with Formula 16. Dressings of soil fumigants, as 

 Apterite, Cliffs Powder Insecticide, Kilogrub, andVapo- 

 rite, dug into the soil before sowing, will kill these and 

 all other earth o;rubs. 



