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third year, when they pupate, finally coming from the ground as 
beetles. | 
Since the grubs live in the ground until the third year after the 
eggs were laid, it is good practice not to use land for strawberries 
before the third or fourth year after it was in sod. 
SAW FLY. 
(Hmphytus maculatus Nort.) 
This insect is only occasionally injurious in this State. The 
adult insect is a four-winged fly of the general habits of the cur- 
rant and raspberry saw flies. The larvee feed upon the leaves. 
There are probably two broods annually, the second brood pass- 
ing the winter in the ground. 
The larvee may be killed by spraying the infested plants with 
hellebore, one ounce to the gallon of water. 
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