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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Food 
  Plants. 
  

  

  This 
  insect, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  known, 
  is 
  mainly 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  sugar 
  maple, 
  

   while 
  exceptionally 
  attacking 
  other 
  of 
  the 
  maples. 
  In 
  New 
  Jersey 
  there 
  

   are 
  very 
  few 
  maples 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  found, 
  and 
  in 
  every 
  instance 
  the 
  

   beetles 
  were 
  taken 
  on 
  oaks. 
  It 
  was 
  therefore 
  thought 
  that 
  possibly 
  it 
  

   may 
  infest 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  oak 
  (Smith 
  : 
  loc. 
  cit.). 
  

  

  Natural 
  Enemies. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  natural 
  enemies 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  recorded 
  are 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  

   woodpeckers. 
  Dr. 
  Packard 
  mentions 
  having 
  observed 
  them 
  at 
  work, 
  

   but 
  he 
  failed 
  to 
  indicate 
  the 
  species. 
  Mr. 
  Kirkland 
  observed 
  the 
  hairy 
  

   woodpecker, 
  the 
  downy 
  woodpecker, 
  and 
  the 
  flicker 
  feeding 
  upon 
  white 
  

   larv^ 
  taken 
  from 
  beneath 
  the 
  bark 
  of 
  infested 
  trees. 
  

  

  Remedies. 
  

  

  Perhaps 
  the 
  best 
  remedy 
  is 
  the 
  cutting 
  out 
  or 
  destroying 
  the 
  young 
  

   grubs 
  while 
  still 
  within 
  easy 
  reach. 
  By 
  carefully 
  examining 
  the 
  trunks 
  

   sometime 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  autumn, 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  recently 
  hatched 
  grub 
  

   may 
  be 
  easily 
  detected 
  by 
  the 
  indications 
  stated 
  on 
  a 
  preceding 
  page. 
  

  

  The 
  trunks 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  may 
  be 
  painted 
  or 
  sprayed 
  with 
  a 
  solution 
  of 
  

   soft 
  soap 
  and 
  carbolic 
  acid, 
  renewing 
  the 
  application 
  as 
  often 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  

   washed 
  off 
  by 
  the 
  rains. 
  If 
  this 
  be 
  done 
  during 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  July 
  and 
  

   August 
  (the 
  period 
  of 
  oviposition), 
  the 
  beetles 
  will 
  be 
  deterred 
  from 
  

   depositing 
  their 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  trunks 
  so 
  treated 
  and 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  no 
  neces- 
  

   sity 
  of 
  searching 
  for 
  and 
  digging 
  out 
  the 
  young 
  grubs 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  season. 
  

  

  In 
  maple 
  sugar 
  groves, 
  Mr. 
  Kirkland 
  recommends 
  that 
  as 
  much 
  under- 
  

   brush 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  grow 
  as 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  the 
  sugar 
  making, 
  

   as 
  he 
  has 
  observed 
  that 
  the 
  clearing 
  up 
  of 
  the 
  shrubbery 
  has 
  repeatedly 
  

   been 
  followed 
  by 
  severe 
  attacks 
  of 
  these 
  borers. 
  The 
  beetles 
  are 
  sun- 
  

   loving 
  insects 
  which 
  dehght 
  in 
  sunny 
  places 
  and 
  if 
  there 
  are 
  few 
  such 
  

   spots 
  in 
  a 
  sugar 
  grove, 
  there 
  would 
  be 
  less 
  attraction 
  for 
  them. 
  All 
  

   badly 
  infested 
  trees 
  should 
  be 
  cut 
  for 
  fuel 
  during 
  the 
  autumn 
  and 
  burned 
  

   before 
  the 
  time 
  for 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  beetle 
  the 
  following 
  June. 
  

  

  