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PESTS OF ORCHARD AND SMALL FRUITS 



The Spotted Pelidnota (Pelidnota punctata Linn.) 



Heavy-bodied, slow-moving beetles 

 sometimes are found in considerable 

 numbers on the leaves of grapes. 

 They are an inch long, golden yellow, 

 and each wing cover is marked with 

 three small black dots, widely sepa- 

 rated. The immature stages are 

 Fig. 358. —The Spotted PeHdnota. passed in rotting wood. The beetles 

 Original. are usually controlled by hand pick- 



ing, but may be poisoned with applica- 

 tions of Paris green or arsenate of lead. 



The Light-loving Anomala 



(Anomala lucicola Fab.) 

 Occasionally the foliage of grapes is 

 riddled by brownish beetles, one third of 

 an inch long, in shape and appearance like Fig. 359. — The Light-loving 



,1 Anomala. Enlarged to twice 



the com- , , . r, • • i 



natural size. Original. 



mon June 



beetles, but smaller. The larvae live in 

 the soil and are not injurious. The 

 beetles are readily killed by spraying 

 with arsenate of lead or Paris green. 



An allied species, Anomala marginaia 

 Fab., is found in the South, where it 

 sometimes destroys the foliage of apples, 



grapes, raspberries or blackberries. It is 



half an inch long and light brownish in 



color. 



Still another species with similar habits 



is Anomala undulata Mels., one third of an 



inch long, yellowish in color, and marked 



with black. -p^^ 361. — Anoma/a imdu- 



The above are pests only at compara- lata. Enlarged. Original. 



Fig. 360. — Anomala marginata 

 Enlarged. Original. 



