CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



to many boys and girls who do not realize that 

 he spends part of his life in the ground as a 

 yellow wire-worm — that long, slender, hard, yel- 

 low creature, feeding upon potatoes and the 

 parts of plants growing beneath the ground. 

 These worms should all be destroyed. 



Calosoma calidium — the Fiery Hunter — and 

 other ground beetles should be protected, as 

 they are predaceous and destroy many injurious 

 insects. 



Lachnosterna fusca — May-Beetle — is one of 

 the most destructive enemies to a lawn and to 

 strawberry-plants. The eggs are laid among 

 roots, and when hatched the grubs feed upon 

 rootlets. They burrow in the ground in the 

 winter, and do their feeding in the spring. 

 When mature the grubs transform in earthen 

 cells and appear in May and June as reddish- 

 brown beetles that fly at night and are attracted 

 by lights. They feed upon vegetation and some- 

 times do great damage. 



Neumatus rihesii, the imported currant-worm, 

 is the larva of the Saw-Fly, a yellow-bodied fly, 

 somewhat resembling the house-fly. The eggs 

 are laid on the under side of the leaves along the 

 veins. The larvaB are exceedingly destructive 

 and have the habit of curling the body around a 

 stem or over the edge of a leaf. They attack the 

 lower leaves first. There are two broods a year, 



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