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turnal in its habits, and has been very seldom observed 
to use its wings in flight. During the day Earwigs hide 
away beneath the soil, among vegetation, under stones, 
bark, and in other dark situations. They cause some 
amount of harm to cultivated plants, particularly dahlias, 
but their diet may include animal matter also. Earwigs 
can be most readily got rid of by means of traps. Plant 
pots filled with straw or dead moss placed in an inverted 
position upon the ground, or upon stakes, are usually 
effective. The pots should be examined frequently, and 
the Insects shaken out into boiling water, or the straw and 
other rubbish containing them burnt. 
The next order of Insects which concern us is the 
Lepidoptera. Their larve are known as caterpillars, while 
the perfect Insects are recognised as Butterflies and Moths. 
Butterflies can be readily distinguished from Moths by 
their feelers or antennae terminating in a club or knob, 
while those of Moths taper off to a point. Furthermore, 
Butterflies are diurnal while most Moths are nocturnai. 
Lepidoptera are only injurious in the caterpillar stage; 
the adults feed entirely upon the nectar and_ juices 
of flowers which they imbibe by means of a flexible 
sucking tube, and never pierce or injure the tissucs of 
plants. Four wings are present and they are closely 
covered with microscopic scales which easily rub off, 
revealing the transparent wing membrane beneath. The 
eggs of Butterflies and Moths are almost always laid on 
or near the leavesof the plants which are to serve 
as food for the future caterpillars. Very few Butterfly 
larve are injurious, and only two species need con- 
cern us, viz, the Large and Small Cabbage Whites 
(Pieris brassicae and P. rapae) (10). The larve otf 
the former species are partial to the outer leaves of 
cabbages, while those of the smaller species also attack 
turnips. Both kinds frequently devour the leaves of 
“nasturtiums” and other plants. When very abundant 
hand picking of the larve is the best method. The pupe 
occur on palings, walls, and similar objects in the imme- 
diate vicinity, but a quick eye is needed to distinguish 
them, and for this reason their destruction is not likelv to 
very materially reduce their numbers. The eggs of the 
Large Cabbage Butterfly are pale yellow and laid in 
clusters on the under sides of the leaves of the food plants. 
Every cluster destroyed means the reduction of a whole 
