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INJURIOUS INSECTS AND FUNGI. 

 Daddy Longlegs and Surface Caterpillars. 

 Much harm has been caused this season by the large grubs 

 or larvae of the Daddy Longlegs or Crane Fly. Many 

 complaints were made that " large brown caterpillars " were 

 injuring wheat, seeds, winter oats, winter barley, and 

 strawberry plants. Some correspondents considered them 

 to be " surface caterpillars/' others thought that they 

 might be the caterpillars of the "Swift Moth" [Hepialus 

 luftulinus). When specimens were sent it was seen that they 

 were larvae of the familiar Daddy Longlegs Fly {Tipiila 

 oleraced), and not the caterpillar of Agrotis or of the " Swift 

 Moth/' It has been therefore thought desirable to reproduce 

 figures of the Daddy Longlegs and of the Surface Cater- 

 pillar, in order to show the difference between them. 



The Daddy Longlegs. 



(All natural size except the eggs, which are slightly magnified.) 



