deserted the hip to go into the soil. Ilere they remain as a larva 
thrnoiit the winter, ehanging to a pupa in the spring, and then 
to the adult form. 
Control. — Since the larvae remain over winter in the soil, 
cultivation around the bushes iu the late fall and early spring would 
kill many of them. On a small scale, the adult beetles may be 
hand-picked. A surer way, however, is to pick the hips containing 
ihc larvae before August 15 and burn them. In case of Rosa rugosa 
alba, the dried flower buds contain the larvae and should be picked 
l)efore August 1, before they drop to the ground, and burned like- 
wise. In large nurseries, the beetles can be easily killerl by stti’ay- 
ing heavily with lead arsenate. 
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