SMALL BEETLES AND GRUBS ATTACKING FOLIAGE 153 
The adult is one fourth inch long, blue black in ground color, its 
wing covers yellow, bordered and marked with dark blue, and its 
thorax red. It is active in habits, dodging around a stem when 
Fic. 156.— The Asparagus Beetle. Larve and adults natural 
size, and adult enlarged. Original. 
disturbed. The grub is three tenths of an inch long, grayish or olive, 
with a shining black head. 
The beetles emerge from their hibernating quarters about the time 
that asparagus shoots are ready for the first cutting. Eggs are laid 
on the shoots, and later on the stems. The larva enters the ground 
