36 The Strawberry Book. 
In the case above cited the rose-bugs seemed to come 
from a piece of woods on the west of the strawberry 
field, and they are noticeably more active in a bright, hot 
day than in a dull one. I have noticed, late in the after- 
noon, the air alive with rose-bugs the moment the sun has 
shone out after a cloudy day, while before that hardly one 
was to be seen. 
I presume there is no means of destroying these pests 
except by hand-picking, and burning or scalding. The 
novice who has secured a rose-bug should adopt no half- 
way measures, but should have evidence of the bug’s 
actual death. I heard last season of a vigneron in a neigh- 
boring town who picked from his vines in blossom time 
about two quarts of rose-bugs, which he carefully durded, 
stamping the earth firm over them. The next motning 
he found, to his horror, that each bug had bored his way 
to the upper air, and sailed off to fresh woods and pas- 
tures new. 
Cut-worms, the larve of various Agrotides, sometimes 
attack the strawberry. I have, however, lost but few 
from their ravages. Their presence is indicated by the 
wilting of the leaves; and the only thing to do is to 
dig the worms out and smash them. If one is not found 
near the plant he has cut off, search must be made about 
the roots of the next. 
The wire-worm (Judus) is said to be sometimes de- 
structive to the strawberry, but I have never seen any 
vines injured by it. Deep and clean cultivation would 
perhaps be the best remedy. 
Common ants sometimes swarm upon the berries, but 
may be disposed of by pouring hot water into their hills. 
T have seen a small green worm upon strawberry vines ; 
the same, I presume, as that described by Fuller in his 
Manual; but I never found more than half a dozen, and 
they did but little harm. If they should appear in large 
numbers I should try sprinkling with lime or ashes. A 
