AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 275 



CHERRY WORMS OR SLUGS. 



The parent of this worm or slug is a small glossy black fly, 



Fig.^35. w ith transparent but cloudy wings, reflecting the 



colors of the rainbow. It appears about the first 



^^ ^1^ of June upon cherry and pear, and sometimes ap- 



Larvseofseian- pl e trees. Its eggs are deposited in small punc- 



campa) cerasi. tures, generally on the under side of the leaf, and 



begin to hatch in fourteen days. The young are at first white. 



They grow to be about half an inch long, becoming greenish, 



and of a watery and. sticky appearance, and eat the tissue of 



the leaves. 



Remedy : dust the foliage thoroughly with lime or dry wood- 

 ashes when the dew is on, or syringe with whale-oil soap wash. 



These, with their kindred species infesting roses and grape 

 vines, undergo various moultings, and sometimes eat up their 

 cast skins. Their changes are completed in about four weeks, 

 when they are yellow and free from slime, and soon after enter 

 the earth. Mice, moles, birds, and their own natural parasite 

 are their enemies. 



CURRANT WORM, OR BORER. 



LARVA OP PSENOCERtTS 8UPERNOTATUS. LARVA OF ^GERIA TIPTTLIFORMIS. 



These worms eat into the pith of the currant stem, and 

 weaken or destroy it. They are not very numerous except in 

 certain localities, and are easily managed if all sickly and dead 

 branches are promptly cut off close to the ground or the main 

 stem, and burned. 



GOOSEBERRY WORM. 



This is a round-bodied and curiously-marked measuring 

 rig. 136. worm, about an inch long, having ten 



^Tri'-i-^W-i "- \ '. l 'fty l e S s s i x * n front, and four behind. 



It eats away the leaves of the bush, 



like the bud worm. He suspends himself by a thread in de- 

 scending from the bush. 



Remedy : gather the worms by hand and destroy them. 



