INSECTS OF COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE IN FLORIDA— 
THEIR IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL (Continued) 

Adult Larva 
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE. The. yellow and black 
striped “potato bug” as well as the soft brick-red and black- 
spotted humpback larva is too well known to farmers through- 
out the United States to require any further description. 
DUST RECOMMENDATIONS 
Kilcide 3 Dust (Contains 3% DDT).* 
Kilchlor 5% Dust.* 
SPRAY RECOMMENDATIONS 
DDT 50% wettable powder—2 pounds per 100 gallons.* 
PEPPER WEEVIL. The adult 
is shining, brownish black in 
color. Except for the snout, the 
body is covered with gray or 
yellowish scale-like hairs. The 
whitish larve resemble grubs in 
appearance. The pepper weevil is 
most abundant in Manatee and 
Hillsborough counties, but has 
also been of some concern to 
growers in other portions of the 
State. Complete destruction of 
heavily infested fields immediately 
after picking is of the utmost im- 
portance. 


DUST RECOMMENDATIONS 
Kilcide 3 Dust (Contains 3% DDT) .* 
Kryocide Dust 30-70.* 
SPRAY RECOMMENDATIONS 
50% wettable DDT powder—2 pounds per 100 gallons.* 
Kryocide—4 pounds per 100 gallons.* 
SWEET POTATO WEEVIL. Do not plant sweet potatoes 
in soils known to be infested with weevils, unless the soil has 
been treated with “D-D” approximately two weeks before plant- 
ing. Kilchlor Poison Bait is a new type of Poison Bait, which at 
present looks very promising. Write us for further information. 





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Adult 
TOMATO PINWORM. The moth resembles the clothes moth 
in color and appearance. When extremely young, the larvae 
are light-colored, the head being dark brown. Later they de- 
velop a dark-colored pattern, ranging from light orange to 
brownish, gradually darkening to dark gray or purplish black. 
At this stage, the background becomes greenish or green-blue. 
The larvae are a serious pest to tomatoes and eggplant in the 
field as well as in seedbeds. 
DUST RECOMMENDATIONS 
Kilcide 3 Dust (Contains 3% DDT) .* 
Kryocide Dust 30-70.* 
Kilchlor 5% Dust.* 
SPRAY RECOMMENDATIONS 
DDT 50% wettable powder—2 pounds per 100 gallons.* 
Kryocide—4 pounds per 100 gallons.* 
Larva 

CORN EARWORM (TOMATO FRUITWORM). The 
moth is colored with shades of cream, or light brown, and with 
olive-green tints, sometimes with black dots. The larva, when 
first hatched is creamy white with a black head. The older 
larvae are variedly colored, some being solidly green, cream or 
yellow. They are usually marked with stripes and dots of two or 
more colors. The corn earworm prefers corn to other crops, 
but it is often a very serious pest in tomatoes. When corn is not 
available, they will readily attack peppers, eggplant and the 
pods of beans. 
RECOMMENDATIONS (For Corn) 
The U. S. Department of Agriculture (U. S. Dept. Agr. Bureau 
Entomology and Plant Quarantine, E-497, Feb. 1940) recom- 
mends the use of a solution of pyrethrins in highly refined 
mineral oil as the most effective method of control. For the 
treatment of sweet corn in Florida, such solutions should 
not contain pine oil. The most effective and economical 
method of applying this solution is by means of a pressure 
oiler equipped with a long spout and connected to a knap- 
sack tank by an oil resistant hose. The solution should not 
be applied until the ears have been fertilized, that is, as soon 
as the silks become wilted but not earlier than the third day 
after silk exposure. Applications are usually most successful 
when made between the time when the silks have wilted and 
the time when their tips have turned brown. Dusts: RHothane 
5% Sulphur Dust. 
RECOMMENDATIONS (For Tomatoes) 
DUSTS 
Kilcide 3 Dust (Contains 3% DDT).* 
Kryocide Dust 30-70.* 
Kilchlor 5% Dust.* 
RHothane Sulphur Dust.* 
SPRAYS 
DDT 50% wettable powder—2 pounds per 100 gallons.* 
Kryocide—4 pounds per 100 gallons.* 

MELON WORMS. Greenish caterpillars with two white 
slender stripes the full length of the body. They bore into the 
fruit as well-as feed extensively on the foliage. 
DUST RECOMMENDATIONS 
Kilchlor 5% Dust. 

MOLE CRICKET. Every grower is thor- 
oughly familiar with these brown, flat in- 
sects. Their greatly enlarged front legs are 
fitted for burrowing in the soil. In seedbeds 
and small gardens they are particularly 
destructive as they feed on roots and de- 
stroy young plants while digging their 

runways. 
RECOMMENDATIONS (For Seedbeds & 
Field 
Kilchlor poison Bait No. 8. = 
Adult 

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