INSECT PESTS AND THEIR CONTROL 989 



The Squash Bug (Anasa tristis, De G.). — This well-known insect is 

 often a serious pest of squashes and pumpkins and can nearly always be 

 found upon the vines during the summer. 



Treatment. — Pick off and destroy the eggs in the spring. Trap the 



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Cantaloupe Leaves, Showing Curling Caused by Melon 

 Aphis; Aphides on Lower Surface. 1 



Slightly reduced. 



bugs under boards placed near the vines and gather them up in the morning. 

 Protect cucumbers and melons by planting early squashes among them, 

 from which adults should be picked. Spray with kerosene emulsion. • 



Bur. Ent. Cir. 39. 



Squash Vine Borer (Melittia satyriniformis, Hbn.) — In many localities 



i Bur. Ent. Cir. 80. 



