Insects, etc., Injurious to the Strawtjerry. 



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moths are noeturaal atid aru very lond of sweet suljstanccs. Great 

 imiiiliers may lie taken liy placiij,^' sugar or treacle and rum on tbe 

 trunks of trees. 



The caterpilhi,rs feed at night; when (|iute voniig thev may be 

 found during the day under leaves close to or on the ground. .-\s 

 they grow they take to the soih or 

 hide under tiles and stones and 

 crawl finth at night to feast (.m tlie 

 leaves near them ; at the same time 

 they feed on the roots, frei|uently 

 cutting them asunder, hence they 

 are called " cutworms." They also 

 cut off leaves and ])ull them into 

 tlie ground to serve as food. The 

 size attained at maturity is lA-inch. 

 The colour is dull brownish to 

 greenish-lilac, with a pale dull 

 oclu'iious hue do«'n the centre, witli 

 one dark line along each, edge and 

 a. doulile one along the centre of 

 the liack; the head is lirown, and 

 the hrst segment of the liody dark, 

 and all the segments have tour small 

 tubercles on the top, with a, delicate 

 hair projecting from each and otliers 

 on the sides ; the ventral surface is 

 pale dull green. As in all true 

 caterpillars, there are three pairs 

 of jointed limljs on the first three " 

 segments, then two without any, tlien ncj. ias.—tmxive am 



four pairs of fleshy prolegs, and an 

 anal pair. They live and feed right through the winter and ])upate 

 in late April on to mid j\Iay. In lialiits they are very slugeish, and 

 often assume a fattened appearance, as thick as a goose (piill. Tliey 

 enter the pupal stage in a cell in the earth, the pupa lieing br(.i\vn and 

 smooth skinned. Tlie Yellow Underu'ing (Fig. 2'.)7) can at once be 

 told by its yellowish posterior wings, with a dark line near the edge. 

 It apjiears in June, July and Arrgust also, and has similar habits. 

 The caterpillar is dull yellowish to greyish or brownisli-green, witli a 

 pale line along the liack, and a similar one on the sides Lielow the 

 latter, witli some large dark' spots above on the third to eleventh 

 -segments, and there is an indistinct side line. 



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