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INSECTS 



its eggs. At this time the most attractive things seem 

 to be the early peas, and very soon the greenish cater- 

 pillars will be found boring into the forming pods. 

 As the young corn makes its appearance this becomes 

 attractive to the moths of the second brood, and the 

 caterpillars, now usually with a pale reddish-gray tinge, 



FIG. 121. Heliothis armiger: a, b, eggs; c, larva, ("corn- worm", "boll- 

 worm", and " tomato- worm "); d, pupa in cell; e, f, moths. 



appear as stalk-borers. As the sweet corn advances the 

 caterpillars find the forming ears, and many a barren 

 stalk is so because the ear has been eaten even before 

 it appeared between the leaves. About this time, too, 

 the earliest tomatoes become of nice size and offer 

 another outlet for the caterpillars, which bore into the 

 fruits when they are nearly ready to color and take 

 those specimens which would otherwise have sold for 

 fancy prices. In the southern states the cotton at this 



