笔者5月份应邀到湖北省黄冈市几个乡镇指导棉花苗期管理工作。从各地棉农反映的情况来看,多数农民对棉花苗期发生的病虫提问较多,要求解答的心情最为迫切。据黄州区陶店乡苏家铺村植棉大户肖启华介绍,有的棉花叶子被虫子吃成了孔洞,有的棉苗幼茎成排被害虫咬断。实地察看后认为,吃成空洞的是蜗牛为害,幼茎咬断的是地老虎为害。对于蜗牛,一 In May, I was invited to several townships in Huanggang City, Hubei Province to guide cotton seedling management. As reflected by the situation of cotton growers across the country, most peasants have asked more questions about the pests and diseases that occur at the seedling stage of cotton and most urgently need to answer them. According to Xiaojianhua, a large cotton plant owner in Sujiapu Village, Taodian Township, Huangzhou District, some cotton leaves were eaten by insects as holes, and some cotton seedling young stems were cut in rows by pests. Field observation that after eating is a snail damage, young stem snapped to the tiger damage. For snails, one