2 Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. 1919. 



6. The eggs are laid in stems of grass or clover in fields 

 where females have grown, being thrust through the wall of 

 the stem and held by an expanded cap which is firmly held by 

 the walls of the stem, the egg being protected in the hollow of 

 the stem and in this position remain for at least 8 or 9 months! 

 before hatching. 



7. Measures for control so far evident and based on 

 habits determined will consist especially of rotation, with prob- 

 ably some advantage from burning, early cutting, pasturing 

 heavily in fall, and possibly by mechanical devices for captur- 

 ing the nymphs or adults. 



8. The spread of the insect should be prevented by care 

 in the disposition of timothy hay moved to a distance. No hay 

 from an infested district should be allowed to be scattered in 

 or near meadows in localities where the insect is not already 

 present. 



9. Natural enemies consist so far as at present known 

 of spiders, the predaceous damsel bugs Reduviolus sps. a Tach- 

 inid fly Phorantha occidentis and an undetermined species and 

 a species of fungus Entomophthora sp. 



