SUMMARY

 1. This caterpillar is the only serious insect enemy of velvet beans in Florida.
 2. The egg hatches in 3 days; the caterpillar grows 3 weeks; the pupa stage lasts
2 weeks.
 3. The insect does not survive the winter. Fields are reinfested each summer, by
moths from the south.
 4. It has numerous natural enemies which should not be molested.
 S. A flock of turkeys helps to control the caterpillars.
 6. When early varieties of velvet beans, such as the Chinese, can be grown, a strip
around the edges of the field should be sown with the Florida variety as a trap crop.
 7. This crop should be sprayed or dusted with lead arsenate every two weeks dur-
ing the caterpillar season, and when it is necessary the main crop should be similarly
treated.
 8. Fields should be watched for the first appearance of moths and preparations
should be made to spray or dust.