Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . ^ frequently the caterpillars are attacked !)>• a l)ac-terial disease which causes thcmto turn dark and become shi-unkcnand flaccid. The Budworms * Two caterpillars of the same genus commonly attack the l)udof tobacco and have been distinguished by Dr. L. 0. Howard asthe true bud worm and false bud worm, the latter being the sameas the well-known cotton l)oll\vorm and corn Fig. 167.—The tnie hiuhvorm (Chloridea vircsccns): n, adult iiuitli; h, full-grown larva, from side; c, same, from above; d, seed-pod bored into bylarva; e, pupa—natur
Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . ^ frequently the caterpillars are attacked !)>• a l)ac-terial disease which causes thcmto turn dark and become shi-unkcnand flaccid. The Budworms * Two caterpillars of the same genus commonly attack the l)udof tobacco and have been distinguished by Dr. L. 0. Howard asthe true bud worm and false bud worm, the latter being the sameas the well-known cotton l)oll\vorm and corn Fig. 167.—The tnie hiuhvorm (Chloridea vircsccns): n, adult iiuitli; h, full-grown larva, from side; c, same, from above; d, seed-pod bored into bylarva; e, pupa—natural size. (After Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr.) The true budworm {Chloridea virescens) occurs in the moresouthern portions of the tobacco-growing regions, says Dr. How-ard, t ])ut has not been noted in tobacco-fields north of adult insect is a small gi-eenish moth, well illustrated inFig. 1G7. The larva or cat(M-pillar of this moth, also illustrated, is * Chloridea Fal)., and Ilelioiliis obsalcla Fab. ¥ami\y t Fanners Bulletin 120, U. S. Dept. Agr. The Principal Insects Affectingthe Tobacco Plant. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO TOBACCO 235 nearly always found in the bud of the tobacco-plant about thetime the plant is ready to top. In some seasons they occur inlarge numbers and damage the tobacco considerably. In theearly part of the season, as a general thing, but few of them arefound, and in or
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