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(2) Examine the stems of squash plants for eggs. Tf 
any are found, remove them with the point of a knife, 
holding a dish beneath to catch them as they fall, and 
then destroy all the eggs as soon as they are collected. 
Or instead, the eggs may be crushed by rubbing them 
against the stem. 
(3) Kall all grubs that may get into stems. To obtain 
these grubs, split the stems of infested plants halfway 
open from one side. If only a few grubs are present, 
they may be removed without killing the plant by care- 
fully slitting the stem. If plants are badly infested and 
sure to die, either dig out all larve or completely destroy 
the entire plant and the larve within it by burning. 
(4) Help plants to resist the attacks of the borer. ‘The 
winter squashes that make long vines, and also to some 
extent the summer squashes, can be rooted at the joints. 
As the stem grows, cover the joints with soil; roots will 
form, and these will supply water and minerals to the 
leaves even though the stem portions near the main root 
may be badly infested, or much injured in digging for the 
larve. 
(5) Cultivate to kill the insect in the pupal state. In 
autumn dig up and rake over the soil on which infested 
plants have grown, in order to bring the cocoons to the 
surface where the winter weather may kill them. In 
spring spade deeply, turning the top soil under so as to 
bury the cocoons so deeply that the moth cannot emerge. 
Other burrowing insects. There are several: other 
insects that damage garden plants by burrowing into 
the stems of stalks. 
The larvz of a stalk borer burrows into the stems of 
