SMALL BEETLES AND GRUBS ATTACKING FOLIAGE 153 



The adult is one fourth inch long, blue black in ground color, its 

 wing covers yellow, bordered and marked with dark blue, and its 

 thorax red. It is active in habits, dodging around a stem when 



Fjg. 156. 



The Asparagus Beetle. Larvae and adults natural 

 size, and adult enlarged. Original. 



disturbed. The grub is three tenths of an inch long, grajdsh or olive, 

 with a sliining black head. 



The beetles emerge from their hibernating quarters about the time 

 that asparagus shoots are ready for the first cutting. Eggs are laid 

 on the shoots, and later on the stems. The larva enters the ground 



