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Carolinas, the common food plant is the “chufa” {Cyperus esculentus ). 
To such a degree is this true in the latter locality that the insect is 
supposed by farmers to have been introduced with that plant. Quite 
in accord with the foregoing, Mr. J. G. Sanders reared adults March 
30, and again April 25, 1908, from Cyperus exaltatus, introduced from 
Egypt and growing on the Department farm at Arlington, Va.” 
Figure 11. Southern Corn Bill Bug larvae in crown of Red Rooted Cyperus 
Grass. X % 
LIFE HISTORY SUMMARY 
The following summary is based largely upon observations made on 
the Pender Test Earm in the southeastern part of the State, but it is 
thought that the same conditions would be found practically through¬ 
out the area of greatest prevalence of the corn bill bug (Fig. 2). The 
adults hibernate over winter (Fig. 14), going into hibernation in late 
October (October 17th being the latest recorded date). They emerge 
