Insects and Other Enemies 347 



the discoloration and generally withered and unhealthy 

 look of the foliage. The treatment directed against 

 this insect in greenhouses is to spray it with a heavy 

 stream of water from the hose, thus dislodging it from 

 the plants. Doubtless the same method of treatment 

 would prove practicable if the spider became very trou- 

 blesome on plum trees. It is not likely ever to be an 

 orchard pest of much consequence, however. 



Bumble Flower-beetle. Goff reports this insect 

 (Euphoria inda) as sometimes damaging plums in Wis- 

 consin. It is a large, yellowish-brown beetle with the 

 wing-covers sprinkled with irregular black spots. Al- 

 though the common name calls it a flower-beetle, the 

 damage which it does consists in piercing the skin of 

 fruits when nearly ripe and eating the flesh. It is 

 said to have been very injurious at Madison, Wiscon- 

 sin, in the summer of 1896. No remedy is suggested 

 except to destroy the beetles when they can be caught. 

 Possibly they can be jarred into curculio catchers. 



Other Insects. There are several other species of 

 insects which sometimes cause slight trouble to the 

 plum-grower; but they are of minor importance. In 

 case of serious trouble from any unusual pest, an en- 

 tomologist may be consulted without great difficulty. 

 Send samples of the insect and its work to your state 

 entomologist, your experiment station, or your agri- 

 cultural paper. Expert advice is so readily available 

 these days that no one ought to suffer seriously with- 

 out knowing what is the matter. 



Mice are tucked in here with the insect enemies 

 of the plum because there is no other convenient place 

 to speak of them. They sometimes do great damage 

 in the nursery by eating young budding stock, or by 

 digging and eating plum seeds which are sown in the 

 fall for growing stocks. Their customary wickedness, 



