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GARDENING FOB THE SOUTH, 



the expansion of the wings. Its body has a shiny appear- 

 ance, and the wings are fringed with delicate hair-like 

 appendages. This insect is one of the most destructive to 

 stored grain to be found in the South. The larva is about 

 one-fourth of an inch in length, of a light color, and is 

 covered with numerous short hairs. The pupa is some- 

 what shorter than the caterpillar and of a darker color. 



Fig. 15 — Schizoneura lanigcra. a, Agamic female, b, Lar- 

 val louse, c, Pupa, d, Winged female, with antenna 

 enlarged above. All greatly enlarged and with waxy 

 excretion removed. Marlatt, Div. Ent. U. S. I>ept. 

 Agri. Cir. 20. 



Either before the grain is taken from the field or after it 

 is stored the moth deposits her eggs between the rows 

 of grain on the cob. A few days after these hatch, and 

 the young caterpillars penetrate the grain and feed on the 

 starchy material. Within four or five weeks this larva 

 passes into the pupa state, and several days after it comes 

 forth as a moth. In the far South there are as many as 

 eight broods each year. 



Remedy. — The bins should be made close, and when 



