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Show Vegetable Gardens Tempting Targets for Insect Attacks makes leaves wilt, even in wet weather. Other pests may infest home vegetable gardens. These include leafhopper, Mexican bean beetle, tarnished tar-nished plant bug, tomato hornworm, bean leaf beetle, bee-tle, cueum- I b e r bee- .''':VVs tie, harle- ' quin bug l j X and Euro- A Jt K. pean corn I J J borer. ) There are Flea Beetle many good insecticides available avail-able on the market if chemical chem-ical control is indicated. All of these pests may be controlled con-trolled with a proper application appli-cation of Sevin carbaryl, one of the most widely-recommended widely-recommended insecticides, at the labeled rate. If you suspect that your local garden is infested by any of these pests, contact your local county Cooperative Coopera-tive Extension Service agent. He can give you advice on how to identify these pests and how to take adequate control measures. Control insects before it's too late. Insects can reduce yields and lower the quality of vegetables and fruits in home gardens by feeding on leaves, fruit and stems. The most common and damaging insect in home gardens is the corn ear-worm, ear-worm, also known as the tomato fruit worm. Corn earworm moths lay eggs on many frequently-grown frequently-grown plants. These eggs hatch and newly-emerged larvae feed directly on leaves at first, then bore into the fruit. Cutworms are thick-bodied caterpillars that chew through the stems of young plants near the soil surface at night. Much of the plant is not consumed, but it falls over, wilts and dies as a result re-sult of stem feeding activity. The Colorado potato beetle bee-tle is a damaging insect that will in- fe,t toma" Wiflln toe. eg- jj.WllV plants, pep- full) per ant P" lulUff tato plants. Both adult Colorado potato bee-Potato bee-Potato ties and their Beetle red larvae will feed on leaves and vines. Flea beetles can threaten your home vegetable garden gar-den by consuming foliage. Damaged plant leaves look as though they were peppered pep-pered with fine shot, giving the whole plant a bleached appearance. This makes the plant more susceptible to disease, retards growth and |