Show PRETTY INSECTS COST MILLIONS Y butterfly does immense damage to alfalfa fields of different I 1 western states STRIP LEAVES FROM PLANTS chickens turkeys and many birds de DC y troy stroy worms during feeding stage bollworm devours doth both 4 worms worm and pupa f prepared Prep areil by the united states departs ment ot of agriculture f what it a beautiful creat creature tirel 1 ex 4 claimed d it a farni visitor indicating it a gorgeous yellow but butterfly which lanil all lighted alighted upon n nearby shrub and now raised raise tind lowered ills hinck edged whigs in fit slow graceful palpitations i the lii appeared tipp eared to lie ile the very of if ilia lio liot hot summer liny iny ills cot col j ors were more tile lie colors and shades shi lides of bril limit sunshine anti tile deepest blue black est shadow set in n delightful con coll arnst annj its will mill wits was the will of tile the breeze that stirred the brund alfalfa meadows beyond the burdett gur dett where host und guest lint and retired to enjoy 1 the shade appreciation dampened yes responded the ran ra dier hut but my appreciation is some solm i what dampened liy by tile lio knowl knowledg edn lint i tile the pretty caraturo cr aturo costs tile tho a growers of arizona nil mid california i about it conr what tills J butterfly costs in other state 4 afla sits oklahoma ionin beins till aind others i im to say lint but it must ho be nn nil i lin immense mense suin leather a high price to pay for beauty lien uty it we could i endow a good ninny many nit gnile rl with 1 that slim mini WR nye could beautify our schools and bilang in every if there were enough of them to go 0 around aro unil we could bring thousands of alio city children out into tile frosli fresh air slid sunshine suns lilno if wo we had lie file of that yellow follow and ills mitto how do doos lie ho nil all tills this the interested listener its ita a to lay iny ligal list a cren diiro so BO inciting in malice VII tell ino about him whom where does to lie ile como come from liow low does lio lie live ind find what anre ills his the rancher roso rose ped through 1 tile tho hedge and came back with a hands jt ful of freshly fros lily pulled from tho alio nearby field you can ind find out all you wish to know from Fa banners Fan ners Dul bulletin letIn 1091 lust just by lio ilia united department of agriculture but I 1 think i we have tila fits life history lilo tory and a enta i logue or of lila ills ct inies in tills bunch of lifrange Il heros gilleres tile eg egg lie continued indicating di a tiny brownish elongated object upon the upper side of nn art alfalfa leaf lie abe first stage and Is interesting only because tho the butterfly lays from to of theta them lit in her lifetime it has ban been estimated that lint it if nit nil the eggs of a single demato butterfly butte ruy hatched lint clied and there were no lassca s lit in tile progeny pro gony M th in their eggs or young tills this first butterfly would bo be grandm grandmother oilier to insects before the end of the summer fortunately for fop us nit insect pam site alto destroys a good many of tile eggs alfalfa caterpillar female in adult or butterfly stage heres n mined egg lvis its black you instead of brown tho the parasite has been there million dollar damage next Is the larva or worm stage and it la Is tills this torn form that the alfalfa caterpillar does the iho million dollar damage d A number of 0 these worms will strip most of tho the leaves from a crop in a very tory short time hero Is a mall email worra worm evidently jiust aist hatched and I 1 here jere on tills this bud la is a larger orie one note the green color of its hotly body mid anol tile tho white stripe down each side ile ho in 1 nearly an inch long end and tins made inside his growth by gorging upon the tender leaves find and terminal buds of my alfalfa wherever there la Is an unusually largo large number of these worms they will ent eat tile ho sterna stems too but their favorite food Is the tender portion of tho plant while in tills this triage the larva la Is victim of ninny conditions auld Is a preyed upon by ninny creatures A lly fly lays its eg eggs upon the borin worin these hatch into grubs which penetrate and kill I 1 their host chickens turkeys and many birds destroy the worm during ilia feeding stage moisture Alo lature and r n lint hot heavy atmosphere will induce tile spread of a dag eme among tho the wonus see gee here are worms just afflicted tile tho disease noto nota the helper color of their skins annl nt their sluggish movements in a few hours houra ille dle annl decompose decompo io into a black decaying iness gnass you iou can eliy alfalfa tiny hay loses its feeding value it if it Is heavily Ini preg dated with these corpac the mals mala dont like the flavor but tho the conditions that foster this disease are valuable la in controlling the pest upon irrigated faring farina wat water may be turned into tile the field to ao provide moisture mol aturo which with tho the heat will start the pingue and kill the worms front from this stage the worm eutera the pupa period lie ile spins no cocoon as ninny many caterpillars do but hg hancq himself head up among tile the stems meals and ewings in a little tool loop of silk like a steeple jack neo hell this chap I 1 youve heard of the lie bollworm so injurious to corn and cotton lie ile conns comes to our aid in tho ilia light fight against ilia alfalfa caterpillar and by one of those queer natural compensations does doen us its a favor by devouring both worms and pupa odd it lay eggs egg all summer unless tile alio worm Is 18 destroyed the tha butterfly you have admired emerges emerge from tile pupa in a few days and begins to lay eggs to establish a now new cycle tills this goes on oil till nil summer control Is accomplished by cutting alfalfa close and clean we clear out our fence corners cornera and ditches and cooperate with our neighbors in clearing their land tills leaves no shelter for tile caterpillar to live in front from one alfalfa crop to the next and the few which to do survive ind find food mighty source scarce tind ninny many perish of starvation disking with a harrow burrow over the meadows arter after a crop has been moved destroys ninny many of tho the insects in the eggo egg worm or pupa stage Ile besides sides killing k A parasite of the alfalfa Caier caterpillar pillar the insects which are preparing to rill anga age tile alio next crop tile tho process ns as every ono knows Is u n mighty lighty good thing for tile tho alfalfa wo we also use a brush drag well weighted ted and run it over the alfalfa meadows after tile lie disking is dono done vile thu ding gets gels into tile hollows and crevices chera tile harrow lias has not touched anti anil cru crushes the insect in whatever stage it fonds jim aven even if ho fie first cut ling liaa been ruined by tile tho pe t these methods of irrigation and cultivation will insure tho th reduction of tho the caterpillar in time to save tile elext cutting from his fits attacks tacks methods ore by alio department of agriculture and we v e hope to prevent most of ilia annual lo 10 loss a s caused by tile the activities of yonder but terlly |