INSECT PESTS OF GARDEN AND FIELD 215 
The Currant Worm. — The adults are saw-flies about the 
size of house flies, but they have four wings and are related 
to the bees. They may be found about the time the currant 
leaves appear in the spring, and a few days later the white 
eggs are placed end to end along the veins on the under side 
of the leaves. The green ‘‘ worms” that devour the foliage 
CurRRANT Worms 
Eggs on leaf; larve eating; adult fly. 
are the larve that hatch out from these eggs. After a while 
these larvee drop to the ground, and make their cocoons under 
dead leaves or just beneath the surface of the soil. In a few 
weeks the second generation of flies begin to lay eggs on 
the bushes and soon a second brood of worms attack the 
leaves. In due time these larve form cocoons under the 
