Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-08-08
ne Natural Enemies Of he cole-aso Potato
Beetle.

Beetle.
Although we reconm ended every or
who has an acre OF less ct potatoes TO
buy and study Riley's Potato Pests"
vet there ale some who will 10 nothing
of tie Kind, and 1t is for the benefit of
those that these few selections are made
from HAT work. that r.rmer, NAV not
through ignlgtuce XII Their le,thieud,.
several birds are known 20 feed upon
both beetles and larvae. Among lhcse Is
The CROW. which NOS only takes The bee
De from tie potato vines. bus late iu
Tie season digs into the earth in search
OF the alternating individuals. The
common qnail, too. performs
the same service Ion "a. OF laic it has
been noticed. especially la The Wc,'.
that the rose breasted grosbcsk has TAX
en- 10 feeding largely upon these becll,.
and as natural consequence tAa'
species of tirl las increase! laJgcl, and
become quic common. Thi- j beau
iinl a'd conspicuous bind. the male
having a heavy bll with black head.
black back varied with brown. aud
tlack-wiug~, tie latter with three white
bands. some OF the outer tail feather,
and paris Of The abb tmcn ate white and
the breast j. rose red
OF late. chickens have commenced
iccdiaE upon Them. au,i iustan e. have
been reported where from So 70 - bee
tle- have been found in the crop of
single chicken. and this not lgom lack
OF other food, but from preference.
Among other animals, the skunk.
common toad and black snake feed NJ.
on ihcm. Among the spiders. the well
known Grand daddy long lcr. de-
youl- many of them. There ate two
parasites or mite, that iced upon them,
aud whenever a beetle j. seen whose
back Is covered with these minute vel
lowi,h brown insects that beetle should
net bo Killed. but LETT 10 afford TODD TO
these little creatures who will certainly
hil it in the end. whereas IL the beetle
were Killed these parasites would toe
Killed with il. Among the insects prop
er. which feed on the beetle are the rust
red social wasp, whose small gray.
paper like nests a,c 50 common with ne
iu Size ,priu.. >iN varieties ot lal, birds.
the tiger beetles, the soldier bpg- and
Tie ,aoAiHa is. Til, ls,, closely re-
-cmHics the common house hv. but dif
fer from it iu hsy.n- $50 cN.i,m.., bl.-
i4u, silver white face. TLi- 1s las. 500
o-- on t..c body Of she potato beetle
iar,u. Thi- egg matches into i maagot
which burrows into The body Of the
lary". aud evcn,ullly destroy, IL. Th..
fy bias sometime been - atuudan, In
western potato field, TIA, IT, auzziug rc.
-emolcd the noise made los a swarm OF
bees
The Iang oi al,-birls bclr- strong
resemblance 10 each other. TIA; OF .Ac
cuu'crseul .Ady-Uifd j. about hall al
inch long, covered with -r,uc-, and ..-
o".tl j. blue, orange ana hach. That
OF tie fifteen spotted lad, bird j.. little
larger. Yet black and .piucd. |, la, a
pale yellow stripe on each side inter.
ceptcd with bright orange spots. and
there i also an orange spot on the bAcA
of'hc fl4itencd first joint. /, i, the
laIva Of the lady bind, that prey upon
The egg and lartr OF the potato beetle.
Tie puia Of tie coutcrg,ul lads-Jiri
Is Of The exact co'or O! the larvae of tie
potato beetle. and 3, doubile-, often
mistaken for that larvae and ruthless,
destroyed. II may be readily dl.tlu-
sulshcd, however, by IT, perfect rcIo,c.
Let every potato grower learn well To
recognize it aud spare il, lie. The
eggs OF the lady bird, greatly resemble
those 81 tie potato beetle d are scarce
!y di-,iuEui>hable excep..by tAcir small
Ter size and by much smaller number
being usually deposited ia a single
group. ~ these egg, ale ,n,u laid ia
the saline situation - the Dpr,rhol4.
the farmer should learn not 10 c,urouul
those OF hi be-; friend, with those o.
his bitter enemies. a praeti.ed exc
-oon d.,cliniuates between them. aud
1t Is often on such minute distinction.
that we must Distinguish between friend
aud ioe.-If0mc1eId.