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Green Rose Chafer. 



this purpose the best method would be to employ natural traps 

 in the form of dead birds or small mammals scattered over the 

 ground here and there. The dead bodies attract the beetles and 

 larvae, which can be shaken out into pails of hot lime and so 

 destroyed. 



Rosy Rustic Moth. 



The Board have received from two localities in Lancashire 

 specimens of potatoes which had been injured by the larvae of 

 the Rosy Rustic Moth {Hydraecia micacea) tunnelling up the 

 stalks. This is a new potato pest, and should it prove to be 

 abundant it might become troublesome, as remedies, except 

 hand-picking the attacked haulm, are out of the question. These 

 caterpillars have been recorded feeding on the stems of Equisetum, 

 dock, and valerian, but probably attack a number of other plants. 

 Maturity is reached in July, and the larvae then pupate in an 

 earthen cocoon or cell in the ground, the moth emerging in 

 August. The moth, which is very common in gardens and lanes 

 in most parts of England, occurs also in Scotland. 



The Green Rose Chafer. 



Reports were received last year by the Board of damage 

 caused to beans and currant bushes in Gloucestershire by the 

 Green Rose Chafer {Cetonia aurata). 



This beetle is generally distributed in the South and West of 

 England, and occurs plentifully in the Midlands, but becomes 

 rarer in the North. It is usually common in Gloucestershire, so 

 that it is not surprising that it now and then occurs in such 

 numbers as to become a serious pest. The beetles attack all 

 kinds of flowers and also the leaves ; it is especially injurious to 

 the rose, apple, and strawberry. It is also recorded as damaging 

 turnips for seed. When attacking blossoms the beetles seem to 



