Show ENEMY OF THE GRAPE root borer Is widely distributed about country meets insects belong to family of clef clear winged moths greatly resembling sees bees or wasps capable of doing much harm ily dy 11 1 1 13 snooks BnO the grapevine root borer has been recognized as an enemy of the crapio in tho the united states for or more than fifty years it la Is quite widely distributed trl tri buted having haing been observed cb served as tar far north and west as Diffine minnesota Bota arid and missouri and south and ana east through ohio kentucky west virginia and north carolina several writers upon economic entomology have given brief accounts acco unta of tills this insect but li it has not often attracted tir acted special attention and has scarcely been accorded botica in several of the papers published relating rolat ing to tho the insect enemies of 0 the grapo grape in the eastern states it Is capable however of doing serious damage to grapevines and the slight alight attention which it has received in the past to Is no doubt duo in a measure to obscure appearance ippe aranco and habits of the inse insect et throughout the four stages that con grapevine root borers poso HBO its life cycle so inconspicuous Is tho the insect itself and its manner of c working that a vineyard may bo be out ent faring greatly from its ita attacks and yot yet those who havo have the care of the tha vines remain entirely ignorant of 0 the cause ot of the trouble the eggs are small or a dull color and the senitila teni tila scatters them about in the vicinity of tho vinos vines the tha borers feed beneath the ground on tho the roots of 0 old vines usually some distance out from tho the baso base of the roots no chips or castings are thrown to the surface to direct attention to the injury which Is being done the roots of one year and two year old bines are rarely attacked so that in the work of 0 planting out vineyards the borer to Is not likely 0 o be seen the transformation from larva to adult takes place within an tarth covered cocoon that Is hidden in t tha 0 gro ground unil orlou belsches ot or more from arom the root whore where tho the adult moth flies filea by day but in size ilze color and manner at 0 flight it so BO closely resembles some of the com mon inoa wasps that a close scrutiny la Is necessary neco in order to make suro sure that the insect under observation to Is a moth and not a wasp As a result ot of these peculiarities the insect may be abundant in a locality and yet remain unnoticed by grape growers vines when attacked by the borers do not often die as a direct result of the injury sustained but way may become so 0 o enfeebled that tho the annual growth of bearing wood to Is meager and the tha yield of fruit very small the peculiar habits of khlil borer make control difficult it Is by the thorough cultivation ot of vineyards that the greatest good Is likely to be accomplished complis hed lo in the way of reducing tho the ravages of 0 the insect from tho the middle of juno june to the last of july the tha insects are transforming from the borer to the adult stage within cocoons which are located just juat beneath ne ath the surface of the ground near the grapey grapevines liles if during this period the ground about the vines Is thoroughly cultivated most of these cocoons will be destroyed tho cocoons are usually found a foot or more anore away from the vines a fact that enables the cultivator to reach most of them without working up entirely to the vine which Is sometimes difficult to do As a matter of course cultivation will give the vinos vines la in creased vigor enabling them the more readily to withstand and overcome the attacks of at the root borers and othor insects |