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injurious to potatoes unless the ground has been in sod a 

 year or two. Wire-worms are the 

 long, hard, cylindrical larvae of the 

 cHck beetles. They include several 

 species. 



Like the June-bugs, the eggs are 

 laid on sod ground and the larvse 

 require from three to five years to 

 mature. They transform to adults 

 under ground in midsummer, but 

 usually remain in the soil until the 

 following spring. 

 Control. — See methods of control of white grubs. 



Fig. 13. Wire-worm 

 and the beetle. 



