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on the heads of timothy. Their work is confined largely to the ker- 

 nels, the chaff falling to the ground. 



They are at work in June and July, and a second brood appears in 

 the later summer months. The adult is a brownish yellow moth. 

 At the end of summer the full-grown caterpillars of the second brood 

 enter the ground, where the winter is passed. 



Early fall pasturing will starve out the second brood of caterpillars. 

 With tliis should be combined the destruction of wild grasses, for the 

 worms will feed on these in lack of their favorite food. Stock may be 

 removed from the pastures by the middle of September if desired. 

 Early fall plowing, where feasible, will accomplish somewhat the 

 same result. 



The Pickle Worm {Diaphania nitidalis Cramer) 



In the Southern states ripening melons, squashes, and cucumbers 

 are rendered wortliless by a whitish or greenish worm, half an inch 



Fig. 266. —The Pickle Worm. Original. 



to an inch long, which bores holes into the fruit, feeding both on the 

 rind and inside. Blossoms, leaves, and stems, also, are injured, but the 

 damage to the fruit is the most serious. 

 The adult is a handsome moth, brownish in color, with large, clear 



