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habit of folding the leaves of the strawberry vines for their 
protection. When abundant they almost completely defol- 
iate the vines. There are two broods, one appearing late in 
June and another in August. 
The mature insect is a small rust-colored moth with 
more or less white and black markings on the wings and 
spanning about half an inch from tip to tip of wigs. 
Fig. 23.— strawberry Leaf roller : a. larva natural size; b, head end of 
larva enlarged; c, moth about twice natural size; d. tail end of larva enlarged. 
(After Riley). 
Fig. 2i.” Strawberry leaves showing their appearance when folded by the 
rol er. (After Wied). 
Remedies. — This is a rather difhcult insect to manage 
as it is not safe to use the arsenites on the plants for the 
first brood. When the larvte first appear, dusting the foliage 
lightly with white hellebore will destroy many of them. 
Wdien the second brood appear, ami the berries have been 
