Evening star., 1932-07-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEEELL.

down the neck of your shirt, and does
not know how to get out, Is looking
for something to eat.
And it might as well be you" he
says. or words to the effect.
Clap a, hand upon him, instantly he
stingS like a sharp pin driven home.
One hastily runs into the house to
divest ones self Of few garments and
tumble the bug onto the floor.
News items of past days flash before
the minds eye.
Man stung by bee dies" and "Wom-
an dies in four hours, stung by en-
ragged humble bee"
a neat white welt is rising. surround
ed by an inch of red suffusion, denot-
ing congestion.
Confused memories Of advertisements
of various antiseptics flash into the
minds eye, already troubled with dire
tul predictions.
What was it that last ad said, that
only this one type was any good? Or
did it say that one ought to have a
different sort for every possible emer-
gency?
One antiseptic, and one only. is at
hand. One puts that on, with prayer,
and one or the other IS mighty eVi-
IDENTIFY. because by the time four hours
have elapsed one has forgotten entirely
about the sting.
Never has there been such Sum-
mer for insects OF all sorts.
Various striped bugs attack the leaves
Of flowers.
A veritable gold bug prefers morn
ing glory leaves.
What Jones designates as the pep
parmint bug" is striped pale gray and
vivid pink, a most delectable combl-
nation.
A wet season. bad for grasshoppers,
is good for other insects.
Japanese beetle, new bane OF Amer
ican gardens, seems to be increasing
The Jones neighborhood, hitherto COM
rarativelv free from this pest, has seen
a large number Of beetle traps put up
Why do they have to make japanese
beetle traps, so large? They become,
upon installation, the most conspicuous
object in any garden.
Beauty is as beauty does, OF course.
In this instance the clear glass bottle,
into which the beetles fall after being
lured by the aroma of geranlum oil. OF
which they are necessarily fond, holds
a brown mass of proof.
Every one of those brown bits Of life
represents millions upon millions OF
Japanese beetles-the futurity OF bee
ties. they might be called
This does not explain, however, why
the traps must be so high, wide and
handsome Perhaps it is because the
beetles love the heights. 1t is said that
in some of the States they have raw
aged they eat the leaves off trees, leav-
ing nothing but the skeletons.
They will even eat the grass of the
ground. it is declared. All in all, the
Japanese beetle is no honored guest in
American gardens; every hOmeOwner
should be suspicious of all hard insects
with greeniSh-broWn backs, sort of
bronze green, not easy TO describe, but
instantly recognizable.
There seems TO be no alternative to
trapping them except hand picking, as
one does with potato bugs. Perhaps
the latter is not such a difficult task,
after all. since one must first see the
beetles before hand picking. And they
are unfortunately, not the easiest seen
of insects. That is one of the main
reasons for trapping them, or permit
ting them, rather, TO trap themselves.
Perhaps lawn dining, despite its plain
inconvenience, can be regarded as Just
another way of attracting and catching
insects. A number of people alter
mating eating sandwiches and slapping
insects can achieve much.