INSECTS AFFECTING GRAINS, GRASSES, FORAGE 85 

 planted on grassy land or which are allowed to grow in grass 



FIG. 53. Greasy cutworm (Agrotis FIG. 54. The dark-sided cut- 



ypsilon); a, larva; 6, head of same; worm (Agrotis messoria). 



c, adult natural size. (After (After Riley.) 

 Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr.) 



FIG. 55. Peridromia saucia: a, adult, b, c, d, full-grown larvae; e, f, eggs 

 all natural size except e, which is greatly enlarged. (After Howard, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr.) 



or weeds, and are known as climbing cutworms. Our common 

 species are most injurious to garden crops and to corn, cotton, 



