SMALL, NAKED 
WORMS EATING THE LEAVES 177 
Arsenicals may be used safely on cabbages until they are half grown. 
An effective spray is Paris green to which has been added resin soap 
“sticker,” so that it will not run off the leaves. 
the resin soap mixture 
are given elsewhere in 
Poison 
this book. 
bran mash, as_ pre- 
pared for cutworms, 
is effective, and may 
be used safely until 
the plants are nearly 
Hellebore 
is available on plants 
full grown. 
ready for market. 
The Southern Cab- 
(Pontia 
bage Worm 
Directions for making 
Fic. 205. — Adult of the Southern Cabbage Worm. 
Original. 
protodice Boisd.) is a closely related species with similar habits. 
The Cross-striped Cabbage Worm (Evergestis rimosalis Guen.) 
The larva of this 
species is bluish in 
color, about three 
fifths of an inch long, 
and has numerous 
of 
black across its back: 
narrow — stripes 
It feeds on cabbage 
heads in the same 
manner as the com- 
\ ed 
+ mon cabbage worm. 
The adult expands 
about one inch, and 
Fic. 206. — The Diamond- 
natural size. 
back Moth. Enlargedand 8 light yellowish, 
Original. the margins of its 
wings marked with black or brown. 
N 
