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females. There are two (or in the South, three) broods 

 each summer, the last brood hibernating in the leaves." 

 (Marlatt.) 



Remedies. — Crushing the insect in the folds of the 

 leaves early in the season is the sure way to get rid of the 

 trouble. If this method is pursued systematically each 

 day the task is not difficult, because the folded leaves are 

 readily detected, and the remedy is certainly effectual. 



Fig. 33 — Haltica chalybea. a, Beetle, b, Larva, c, Larvae and beetle on foliage. 

 d, Injury to buds, e, Beetles killed by fungus, a and b, Much enlarged, 

 rest natural size. Marlatt, Div. Ent. U. S. Dept. Agri. Year Book, 1895. 



Burn all of the rubbish in the fall found on the ground 

 around the vines, and in this way many larvae will be 

 destroyed, which will otherwise pass through the winter 

 in these protected places and come forth at the opening 

 of spring to renew the attack on the plants. 



Grape Vine Flea Beetle (Haltica chalybea, 111). — This 

 beetle appears on the grape vine very early in the season 

 and feeds on the young branch buds, thus greatly retard- 

 ing the growth of the vine. Sometimes when the insects 

 are in great numbers the vine is killed to the roots. 



