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PESTS OF ORCHARD AND SMALL FRUITS 



become active. Cleaning up 

 rubbish will help to reduce 

 the numbers of overwintering 

 adults. 



The Strawberry Flea-beetle 



(Haltica ignita Illig.) 



A shining, active beetle, one 

 fifth of an inch long, appears 

 in early summer on the leaves 

 of strawberry and other plants. 

 Its shape is rather oblong, and 

 its color ranges from golden to 

 greenish, or deep blue. Shortly 

 afterward the larvae may be 

 found on the fohage, usually 

 on the under leaves where they are concealed. They are almost black 



and one fourth of an inch long. 

 The body surface is covered with 

 low tubercles. 



Pupation takes place in the soil. 

 In the South there are two or three 

 generations annually ; in the North 

 one. 



The pest is easily checked by 



Fig. 372.— The Strawberry Flea- . ...... 



beetle. Enlarged and natural size, spraymg or dustmg With arsenate 

 Original. of lead or Paris green. 



Fig. 371. 



Work of the Strawberry Flea- 

 beetle. Original. 



The Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma americana Fab.) 



In the spring leaves of apple, wild cherrj^ and other plants are 

 stripped by this caterpillar. Its work is characterized by the forma- 

 tion of a conspicuous web or nest in the forks of smaller branches, 

 the caterpillars spending part of their time on or in this nest and going 



