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Fig. 40 Cucumber flea beetle, 

 much enlarged (after Chittenden, 

 U. S. dep't agr., dlv. ent, bull. 19, 

 n. s.) 



Treatment: protect young vines with netting. Dust vines with 

 ashes, plaster of paris, etc. Poison trap crop of squash. Clean 

 culture and the destruction of vines as soon as the crop is har- 

 vested will do much to keep this pest in check. 



48 Cucumber flea beetle (Epitrix cucumeris). Brown- 

 ish, gnawed spots on leaves made by 

 numerous black jumping beetles about 

 j\ inch long. They are frequently very 

 injurious. The young live on the roots 

 of various plants. 



Treatment: spray vines with bordeaux 

 mixture, with poison or with a combina- 

 tion of the two. Dusting the affected 

 plants with plaster of paris, ashes, etc. 

 will also afford some protection. 



49 Squash bug (A n a s a t r i s t i s) . Wilting leaves with their 

 under surface infested by green- 

 ish young or by the large, gray- 

 ish brown stink bugs about f 



inch long. The eggs are depos- ^^^^^^ h 



ited in clusters on the under 

 surface of the leaves. 



Treatment: collect and de- 

 stroy the early appearing bugs. 

 Place chips and similar shelters 

 near the vines and kill each 

 morning the bugs collected un- 

 derneath. Crush the brownish 

 eggs on under surface of the leaves. 



50 Common asparagus beetle (Crioceris asparagi). Slate 

 colored grubs about \ inch long or beetles about \ inch long, 

 prettily marked with yellow, blue and red, eat the more tender 

 parts of the plants. They breed during the greater part of the 

 growing season. Occurs on Long Island, in the Hudson river 

 valley and in the lake regions of the western part of the state. 



Treatment: the daily cutting of producing beds serves to keep 



Fig. 41 Squash bug: a adult female twice 

 natural size; b, c and d details of structui'e 

 more enlarged (after Chittenden, U. S. dep't 

 agr., dlv. ent., bull. 19, n. s.) 



