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Tree Destroying Moths an Especially 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
Enticing Dish for Imported Parasite 
which Devours all Kinds of Pests. 
Bugs are bugs, but there are good bugs 
and bad bugs. ‘The bad bugs eat vege- 
tation and destroy trees, while the good 
bugs eat nothing and destroy nothing but 
HOW THE MOTH 
the bad bugs. So State Forester F. W. 
Rane asks people to be careful when 
they see bugs and not destroy the bug- 
eaters. 
He has sent out alot of circulars about 
the calosoma sycophanta, an imported 
parasite, numbers of which have been in 
the state for the past three years, but 
which are just beginning to do effective 
work. Although feeding on all sorts of 
pests, the calosoma from larvae to full 
grown beetle has a particular liking for 
gypsies and brown tails. 
The calosoma are easily distinguish- 
able from the gypsies and the brown 
tails. The calosoma larvae is bigger 
than the gypsy moth larvae or the brown 
tail larvae, and has a smooth coat, while 
the destructive insectis wiry. “Che color 
of the calosoma larvae is a dark green, 
while the gypsy and the brown tail larvae 
are brownish. The gypsy and brown 
tail moths are whitish. “The calosoma 
beetle, which is the adult form of the 
larvae, is distinguishable from its prey by 
its larger size and its bright shiny wings 
as well, 
Under the strips of burlap which gird 
cvery tree in a district where the destruc- 
tive moths are being fought, the coloso- 
The gypsies and the 
ma congregate. 
PARASITES LOOKS. 
brown tails get under the strips of burlap 
because they .can’t do otherwise. As 
they climb the trees to get at the tender 
leaves and blossoms, the burlap strip 
holds them fast. But the calosomas go 
under the burlap because it is their 
pantry. 
Where the strips of burlap are put on 
the tree trunks, men every day lift thc 
burlap and kill all the insects underneath 
with a wire brush. Mr. Rane asks a 
little discrimination in the use of the 
brush. Kill the gypsies and brown tails, 
but leave the calosoma alive. 
The calosoma are particularly effec- 
tive because they eat the gypsies and the 
brown tails at all stages of development. 
‘The tiny larvae just hatched will find his 
food as does his mother, the big beetle, 
by fastening himself to a gypsy or brown 
tail and sucking out the life blood. A 
small larvae of the calosoma eats big or 
small gypsies and brown tails. So does 
a large calosoma caterpillar and a beetle. 
‘The voracity of the calosoma larvae 
when attacking gypsy caterpillars is fully 
equal to that of the adult beetle and the 
skill with which these apparently clumsy 
insects climb trees and hunt down their 
prey surprise some of the authorities of 
the gypsy moth bureau. 
Annual Rose Show. 
The annual rose show of the North 
Shore Horticultural society will be held 
next week, on Wednesday and Thurs- 
dav, June 30 and July 1. The exhibi- 
tion will be open to the public from 2 to 
10 p. m. 
Essex County club house, in atent con- 
structed there for the purpose. It is to 
be expected that some exceptionally fine 
displays, and a large number of them, 
will be seen at this forthcoming show. 
We have just received several bales of 
wool sponges suitable for carriages; also 
a finer grade of sponges suitable for 
boats. D. T. Beaton, Central street, 
Manchester. ~ 
Auto supplies at Miguel's Central 
square. > 
Dutchess Pants at Bell’s. * 
A $6.00 Pen 
We will award a handsome 
Silver Crocker Pen to the 
person who can write leg- 
ibly the greatest number of 
times on a postal card (using 
one side only) the following 
phrase: 
“The Crocker Foutitain 
Pen.” 
“You blow on it to fill it.” 
For Sale by B. L. Allen 
All cards must be written 
in ink and must contain the 
name of the contestant. Con- 
test closes August 1, 1909. 
Send all cards to 
B. L. Allen 
The show will be held, as in. — 
the past year or so, on the lawn near the — 
For One Cent 
Manchester, Mass. 
