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begin extracting the juices from the plant and continue 

 to do so throughout their entire life. 



Plants Injured. — Cabbage, mustard, turnips, rutabaga, 

 radish. 



Remedies. — The only sure remedy is hand-picking in 

 the early spring, when the first bugs are noticed. Radish 

 and rutabaga seed might be sown to serve as catch plants, 

 and as soon as the bugs are detected on these plants 



vigorous spraying 

 with kerosene emul- 

 sion and hand-pick- 

 ing will soon greatly 

 reduce the pest. The 

 ordinary application 

 of Paris green fre- 

 quently fails to kill 

 them, because they 

 live by sucking the 

 juices and not eating 

 I the leaves, hence the 

 poisons do not enter 

 u T , their bodies when 



r lg. 35— June Bug. Lachnosterna fusca. Riley, 



Div. Ent. IT. S. Dept. Agri. sprayed on the sur- 



faces of the plants. 



June Beetle; White Grub (Lachnosterna fusca, Riley). 

 The beetles fly about during the months of May and June 

 feeding on young and tender twigs of fruit trees. The 

 work of destruction is done at night. This beetle is well 

 known to children, who delight in catching and imprison- 

 ing it with a string to hear its buzzing sound. The eggs 

 are laid about the roots of grass and, when hatched, the 

 grubs feed on the roots of young plants for three years 

 before they come forth in the winged state. 



Plant* Injured. — Peach, cherry, fig, strawberry. 



Remedies. — Fall plowing to bring the grubs to the sur* 



