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long; tlie wing-covers are yellowish, and each usually 

 has two black spots, the posterior one larger than the 

 other. When numerous, it completely defoliates the 

 plants. Paris Green or London Purple may be used 

 when the fruit is off to destroy this insect in the man- 

 ner described under Colorado Potato-beetle. 



THE STRAWBERRY LEAF-ROLLER. 



(Anchylopera fragarice, Walsh and Riley.) 



This insect, like the preceding, has been more trouble- 

 some at the AYest than at the East. It is the larva of a 

 moth shown in figure 129, a. of ^.rrrr^^ 

 the real size, while the moth, by is " 

 enlarged, as shown by the lines be- 

 low it. In feeding, it folds up the 

 leaves by drawing their edges to- 

 gether with silken threads, and eats ^ ^_ . ' 

 out the pulj)y portions. There are r f 

 two broods each year; the first one h 

 completing their transformations on Fig. 129.— strawberry 



, T , 1 j^i <2 <! T 1 LEAF-ROLLER (Aucltylopem 



the leaves about the nrst oi July. fragarice). 



The second brood of worms enter «, Larva of real size Moth 



eularged. 



the ground, where they change into 

 the pupae, and remain in that state until the next 

 spring. The habit the worms have of rolling themselves 

 in the leaves, renders the application of any insecticide 

 very difficult. It has been suggested to burn off the old 

 leaves, after the fruit has been gathered, or to pass a 

 heavy roller over the plants. 



THE STRAWBERRY CROWN-BORER. 



{Tyloderma fragarice, Riley.) 



This enemy to the Strawberry grower has been more 

 abundant in Canada and the Western States than else- 



