SMALL WORMS IN STALK OR STEM ABOVE GROUND 127 
The Smaller Corn Stalk-borer (Elasmopalpus lignosellus Zell.) 
The stalks of corn, peas, peanuts, and possibly other plants are 
attacked by a small cylindrical worm, half an inch long when full 
Fic. 102.— Larve of the 
Smaller Corn Stalk- Fie. 103. — Adult of the Smaller Corn 
borer. Original. Stalk-borer. Original. 
grown, light greenish in color, its back marked with nine fine, reddish 
lines, somewhat interrupted at each segment. It works within the 
stalk, but makes three or four holes to the surface, here and there, 
through which it pushes out excrement. 
The adult moth expands three quarters of an inch. Hibernation 
may take place as adult, as larva in the stalks, or as pupa in the ground. 
The means of control include rotation of crops, prompt destruction 
of the remnants of infested stalks, and fall plowing 
and cultivation. 
The Clover Stem-borer (Languria mozardi Latr.) 
Tiny grubs are 
found boring inside 
the stems of clover. 
They are the larve of 
a beetle, one third 
of an inch long, with 
dark blue wing covers 
Fic. 104.— Work and a red head and 
of the Clover . Wh 1 Fic. 105.— Adult of the Clover 
Stem-borer. thorax. EEOC ONEE Stem-borer. Enlarged and natu- 
Original. is regularly mowed  ralsize. Original. 
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