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PESTS OF GARDEN AND FIELD CROPS 



In the spring wheat sections the hfe history is similar, except that 

 winter is passed as a flaxseed in the stubble, and there are two genera- 

 tions in quick succession in summer. 



No direct remedies are known. Crop rotation is of some value, 

 but the adults can fly and thus infest new fields. The most effective 

 plan is to delay planting of wheat in the fall for 10 days to two weeks 

 beyond the usual time. The young wheat plants wiU then not be 

 above ground or of suitable size when the adults emerge, and usually 

 injury is largely averted. 



Cutworms ( Noduidce) 



About the time that young plants in gardens are pushing through 

 the soil they are found cut off even with the surface of the ground, 



Fu 



132. — Larvse of Noctua clande- 

 stina. Original. 



Fig. 131. — Work of 

 Cutworms. Origi- 

 nal. 



Fig. 133. 



Adult of Noctua clandestina. 

 Original. 



