Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-07-22
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last erfiHr I collected some cut worms
and mt ,hppi into a glass jar with a sufficient
n%r,antjty nj dirt, where | Ted them until they
rnlled themselves TIP IN mud balls. Ry cut,
worm / mean a worm about n, inch long Of a
rrov eoIor, that lives under tho ground, and
| e,lnes ont IN the night. ard dark cloudy dafa,
o,d ,tta off a plant, eata part and endeaVors
-. IRAN The balance into The ground after IT.
,vl,,, taken out Of The ground lie puts his
i,raa and tail together and rolls himself into a
ttI,z. .l,s,.a. THOSE cut-Wnrtas, after going
;nt, tis chrvsa1ts state. produced A grey mil
iar 49, ,notb. such az we frequently sec about
our candles in the SUMMER t'"i'' aio aie
| called nv rs caadla-flles, +,
kant thrpe Of those ir1IIefs N a lar, ana
they deposited their eggs upon come cteFef
leaves and bloom that ] put IN inc lar, IN
the gath Of June those eggs hatehsa lhtie sat-
tprnillafa ar cutaWoft1as J leo ta1,a Ftitei-
paliv upon young cloyer-ieaves' thlilh fhefe
,nast have ',pen several hundred | did net
count them. When they were nearly grown
ihav became SO vuracious, and required Inc
lar, which held only three plt}7, to DC bi,'a so
ffant,nntlv that / Killed all but three OF them j
these wound up IN mud balls oh tile Slst 81
Iulv, came out %nnilleri. moths, or uahJle-illeF,
al vot, may cl,uoBe TO caltthenl; nom Tue oti'
tn t,a 74h If August. Unfortunately all The
moths we're Of the eatne sex, go tha' ! 'os' tllo
the breed these ! call the t"o-eFop ene-
worm.
Other ctttvorms that ! put up At the same
time, that il early III the epring, dia not pro-
luce moths until the llth OF august lhese
we're not quite go dark.tolored as inc tfsts
Tiiese | call the une.crop MS
will reconcile tho statements OF t"o-Nfitefs
upon the subject who have dtiiaFea aooot sh'
time the moth makes it's appearance, tue tWo-
cropEirds appearing at both times, iea"' a,Fo'
the rUotl, that produces the cnt-wortn t~oiefahtt
abundant III my clover field III tctooef.
This moth ID d NIGHTLY and n rarely seen
IN the DAYTIME unless reuEbd from lis hiding
riaras. From the attraction that iire has fof
this kind OF butterfly, (partn1t me 70 cal a
moth butterfly, N accordance NUN W eoh.
mon name,) it is probable that fiFo7 Knitted
IN our fields with brush and straw. 81 datR
nights, might destroy Il great NUMBER u li'e,h.
Salt put on tho ground might also Hestfe} me
worm hut the best remedy that ! nave urea
In fall ~plouehinn. This, by ,ieFfofiilT the Fe-
~retation. makes the fly seek other places OIL
her eggs and 1t also destroys INC
root Of the erase On which the yonag worm
would live during 10 "thtets = has' 10y nv
ground infested bv them where have had the
ground rlonaltcd in the fall or winter.
This moth that produces the cut-worha IL
the qhaleau derastdtor Of entoniolaElsts. l
have made experiments with the bud worm
grub. worm, but have not room IN this pa
per 70 give them. | was more injured last
year hy the bud.worn than all the other worms
and insects. And it has been the case for
some years past, that they have done me more
damage Than any other insect except The bis
ter.ny and grasshopref.
The rnt4worm IL D very voracIotts CATER
pillar, and get their growth il the summer
time in lcsH than a month, Cold weather re-
tarls their growth, and those that are Matched
in The fall remain in 4 torpid state during the
end get their growth slowly in The
spring, Ill which time they do nj the principal
damage in cutting of the young corn and 9th.
ct Young vegetables. Though they remain a
state during the winter they require
food aa coon ar he weather gets warm in The
spring. and if the vegetation has benn all de-
stroyed by fail or winter ~ploughIng, which is
the case, they must staFte. But | sup.
nose il ID not so mucl, on this account al The
up tho ground and destroying their
which allows the frost and wet 10
affect them.
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