THE BEET WEB-WORM, 
Loxostege sticticalis L. 
CLARENCE P. GILETTE, 
The beet web-worn, did more or less damage in all the heef 
growing sections of the state last summer and fall. In the virili¬ 
ty of the Loveland and the Longmont factories very little harm 
was done but the beets o-rown fnr c iiarin 
Ford Suo-arCitv P r "n ] SUgar factones at Rocky 
, v ^ar Lit) , 1 ort Collins, Windsor- ,Greeley and Fntnn Wi 
suffered to a considerable extent in some of the fields. 
cron nesf S ” , d ° eS 110t P ossess a »y great notoriety as yet as a 
IuS 1™m s&g* ~ 
T nth l ° f fi!>;- d A«U and ££ to'a’Te d 
of mint in Michigan late in September. Since Jo, if J 
attracted much attention. 9 1 has Ilot 
For thirteen years at least the moth, which is the adult form , f 
ithLsT*’ las be ® n abundant in the vicinity of Fort Collins where 
S. be in T4 ,h rrr s of r jr take -“ 
lantern trap for this department, Imtookt^othTl^L" 
btis. Ihe record rims as follows: May 20th aro moths- \r " 
22d, 2 moths; May 23d, 191 moths; May 25th 7 moths- Mav 2^ 
24 moths; May 3 ,st, 31 moths; June ,,th, s moths June ,6th 6 
5 SL, ?z£r J “ * ■«* ^ 
the following "° teS UP °” CaptUreS ° f this illsect » 1897 I quote 
Jaastiafis:'"' 11 " 
r«i h .: m £*,Sf’S'i'Ss'K,S-* »«"••"«<•* 
ture in the great majority of cases b 6 eggs are stiI1 imma- 
^^ he moths are becoming scarce « nnip f 
June g in’ v hile f 0ther ? have nea ‘Lv finished laying Se taken are 
_ June 10. Very tew ot the moths are coming- to light now. 
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p. 172, a 1 sO aiticle by Vuey'andH o wan M °n g ect V£ » r VSi® *v ° f .4,® ric «lture for 1892, 
same publication by L. O. Howard Vol vi n V Voi. V. p. 820; an article in the 
in Bulletin 30, U. 8. J Dep. if Aur ,%i,'.°'f BniSJokly? “ * rt,e '« by ^"re,we Bruner 
