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of plants, but unfortunately they cannot be caught in traps as the wireworms can, and 

 the best way when a plant is attacked is to take it up and pick out the grubs from among 



FIG. 61. Common Cockchafer. 

 i. Cockchafer. 2. Grub; 3. Chrysalis. 



the roots. The caterpillars of the " ghost " and " swift moths " (Hepialus humuli and 

 H. lupulinus] attack the roots of various plants, and those of the " dart moth " (Agrostis 



FIG. 62. Daddy-long-legs or Crane fly. 



I. Male Daddy-long-legs. 2. Female Daddy-long-legs. 3. Eggs. 

 4. Grub. 5. Chrysalis. 



segetum], and some others, on the roots and also on the collars of the plants. They hide 

 under stones, clods, &c., or in cracks of the ground during the day. The other division, 



