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"The cockchafer grub lies in the ground for four years before it turns into a real cockchafer, and all this time it keeps growing larger and larger; and, of course, the larger it grows, the more it eats and the more harm it does. THE COCKCHAFER GRUB LIES IN THE GROUND FOR FOUR YEARS BEFORE IT TURNS INTO A REAL COCKCHAFER AND ALL THIS TIME IT KEEPS GROWING LARGER AND LARGER AND OF COURSE THE LARGER IT GROWS THE MORE IT EATS AND THE MORE HARM IT DOES
daytime it sits upon a tree or a bush, or sometimes you may see it crawling along a dusty road. But in the evening it begins to fly about with a humming noise. This insect is called the cockchafer. The mother cockchafer lays her eggs in the ground, and, after a few weeks, there comes out of each egg something which you would not think was a cockchafer at all, because it is so different. It has a yellow head and a long white body, which is bent at the end in the shape of a hook. On the front part of its body it has three pairs of legs, like a caterpillar’s, only they are very small; but behind, it has no legs at all. It has a very strong pair of jaws, and with these it cuts through the roots of the grass and corn and wheat under which it lies, for these are the things on which it feeds. There is hardly anything which the farmer plants, and would like to see grow, that this grub or caterpillar (for that is what it is) does not eat and destroy; but what it likes best of all is the potato. LED SHARPS IN THE DAYTIME IT SITS UPON A TREE OR A BUSH OR SOMETIMES YOU MAY SEE IT CRAWLING ALONG A DUSTY ROAD BUT IN THE EVENING IT BEGINS TO FLY ABOUT WITH A HUMMING NOISE THIS INSECT IS CALLED THE COCKCHAFER THE MOTHER COCKCHAFER LAYS HER EGGS IN THE GROUND AND AFTER A FEW WEEKS THERE COMES OUT OF EACH EGG SOMETHING WHICH YOU WOULD NOT THINK WAS A COCKCHAFER AT ALL BECAUSE IT IS SO DIFFERENT IT HAS A YELLOW HEAD AND A LONG WHITE BODY WHICH IS BENT AT THE END IN THE SHAPE OF A HOOK ON THE FRONT PART OF ITS BODY IT HAS THREE PAIRS OF LEGS LIKE A CATERPILLARS ONLY THEY ARE VERY SMALL BUT BEHIND IT HAS NO LEGS AT ALL IT HAS A VERY STRONG PAIR OF JAWS AND WITH THESE IT CUTS THROUGH THE ROOTS OF THE GRASS AND THE CORN AND THE WHEAT UNDER WHICH IT LIES FOR THESE ARE THE THINGS ON WHICH IT FEEDS THERE IS HARDLY ANYTHING WHICH THE FARMER PLANTS AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE GROW THAT THIS GRUB OR CATERPILLAR FOR THAT IS WHAT IT IS DOES NOT EAT AND DESTROY BUT WHAT IT LIKES BEST OF ALL IS THE POTATO
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