INSECT INTRUDERS. 



the socket with a considerable amount 

 of force which projects the insect up into 

 the air ; when in the air, it turns over and 

 comes down to earth again right side up. 



The last of the common soil pests 

 which are to be usually met and 

 dealt with is the smoky curved grub 

 known as the 'Cut- Worm,' about an inch 

 in length, which is often dug up at the 

 roots of plants and sometimes waxes in 

 great force in the garden. This grub is 

 really the caterpillar of a moth with dull 

 smoky brown wings, and it can be 

 recognized as a caterpillar owing to 

 the fact that it will be seen to possess 

 16 legs in eight pairs, whilst none 

 of the grubs we have already considered 

 possess more than three pairs of legs. 

 The insect passes through at least two 

 generations in the year ; that is, the 

 moths are to be found on the wing in 

 the garden at least twice a year. 



The grub feeds for some two months 

 on young plants, cutting them through 

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