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is a favorite food- plant of the bugs, and may be sown in patches or 

 between the rows to be planted with cabbages later. The bugs 

 congregating on the mustard may then be destroyed by spraying 

 with pure kerosene. 



Tomato Worm {Phlegethontius celeiis). — A beautiful sphinx 

 moth is responsible for the existence of the large green worm so 

 often found on tomato and potato plants. This worm, picture 

 of which is shown at a, is a voracious feeder, and devours the 

 leaves of the plants at a rapid rate. Whenever you see the 

 leaves stripped, and notice the peculiar castings on the ground, 

 you will find the worm close by. Pick off the leaf on which it 

 is feeding, throw it on the ground,and put your foot heavily upon 

 it, mashing the worm. When plowing, in fall or spring, we 



often find large pupse, such as shown at b. They represent the 

 next stage in the development of this insect, and should also be 

 destroyed. The worm or caterpillar is subject to the attacks of 

 a parasite, a small four-winged black fly, which deposits its o.^^ 

 within the worm. The maggots which hatch out of these eggs 

 feed upon the juices of the body, and finally kill the worm. Cat- 

 erpillars thus infested may be known by the little egg-shaped 

 cocoons of white silk which the larvae spin upon the backs of 

 their hosts, and should not be destroyed. If left undisturbed, 

 the little flies will soon issue from the cocoons and continue the 

 work of destroying Dur enemies. It is said that the moths maybe 

 poisoned by smearing shingles or pieces of board with molasses, 

 mixed with a little poisoned water and a small quantity of 

 whisky or beer, and nailing them from one to two feet high to 

 little stakes driven scatteringly over the potato and tomato 

 patches. 



