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Show 8 POTT ED A8PARAQUS BEETLE. Insect Which Does Much Damage to the Plants How to Fight it. Ono of tho posts that affect tho as- Hal parajus plants In tho mlddlo west la ll tho Twolvo-spotted Asparagus boctlo. lH Tho Insect Is red with 12 black spots. jLI Tho oggs aro laid on tho. asparagus, fH oarly In tho spring and aftor hatching ILkl do a great deal of damago to tho young H plants. In tho accompanying cut aftor ?H Chittenden, of tho department of ngri- :H culturo, somo of tho important stages jH The Asparagus Beetle, Larva, Etc. of growth aro Illustrated; a shows the beotle; b, tho egg; c, newly hatched IH larva; d, full grown larva; and e, pupa. jH All aro very much enlarged. In treating' to oxtormlnato the pest, dust tho young plants whon wet with 'H dew, with plaator of Paris mixed with 'H somo arsenical poison. During hot ;B woathor frequently all that is necos- jH sary Is to simply brush tho larvao front !H tho plants. It Is a good thing ordlnar- '.M ily to allow fowls to run In tho aspara- gus beds. It Is gonorally advised when H cutting tho asparagus to leave a tew jH shoots, for booties will deposit their eggs on theso and they may then be ll cut down and destroyed. |