Show tir Army y rif of OfFlie F Flies es' es Kilis Kills Kills' Montana Grasshoppers r I HELENA A Mont Sept 5 B By A A. P. P P. P or flesh fly ar- ar armies mies now invading Montana grain I fields are killing grasshoppers with such rapidity that within a short I the Insect pests will be Virtually virtually Vir- Vir exterminated according to entomologists of t the State Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural I tural college at at Bozeman The The flesh flesh I fly invasion coming at the height of the tho statewide grasshopper poisoning poi pot I campaign has accounted for forI I millions Of ot hoppers the college experts report j I Swarming over the fields the J flesh flies files strike the grasshoppers i I either in flight or on the stems of of the grain killing kUUng the hopper by depositing depositing de de- I j positing living maggots in one ot of of I the vulnerable places on the hop hops pers per's shield hield Th The maggot Immediately Immedi immedi- at atly ly in the fatty tissues eating into the vital organs and nd causing a slow death The agid fly multiplies rapidly rapid having from three to five life lite cycles a year while the grasshopper produces produces produces pro pro- duces but ohe one new generation each years year |