266 PEST. 
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OF ORCHARD AND SMALL FRUITS 
become active. Cleaning up 
rubbish will help to reduce 
the numbers of overwintering 
adults. 
The Strawberry Flea-beetle 
Haltica a Illig.) 
A shining, active beetle, one 
fifth of an inch g, appears 
in early summer on t eaves 
of strawberry and other plants. 
Its shape is rather oblong, and 
its color ranges irom golden to 
greenish, or deep blue. Shortly 
trawberryFlea- afterward the larve may be 
al found on the foliage, usually 
on the under leaves where they are concealed. They are almost black * 
and one fourth of an ingb long. 
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The body surface is cové§ed with 
low tubercles. 
Pupation takes place in the soil. 
In the South there are two or three 
oO 
eS 
nerations annually; in the North 
g 
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sily checked by 
spraying or dusting with arsenate 
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The pest is ea 
The Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma americana Fab.) 
In the spring leaves of apple, wild cherry, and other plants are 
stripped by this caterpillar. Its work is characterized by the forma- 
tion of a conspicuous web or nest in the forks of smaller branches, 
the caterpillars spending part of their time on or in this nest and going 
