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PESTS OF ORCHARD AND SMALL FRUITS 



on the short spines on the sides of their bodies. The adult is a delicate 

 pale-green moth. 



Hellebore is the only poison that is safe to use on fruit of this kind. 



Fig. 509. — Work of Climbing Cutworms. At left, larva of Peridroma margari- 



tosa. Original. 



Climbing Cutworms (Noctuidw) 



The expanding buds of fruit trees, especially in the case of newly 

 set stock, sometimes are eaten out and destroyed, no worms being in 



evidence when the 

 trees are looked 

 over, although the 

 trouble continues. 

 This is the charac- 

 teristic work of cer- 

 tain cutworms, 

 which, in the lack 

 of other food to 



Fig. 510. — Adult of Cutworm, Peridroma margaritosa. ^' 



Original. the trees and de- 



