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THE flower-bud MAGGOT (Contarinia go8sypii, Felt.). 



I )ij)i era. 



The flower-bud maggol is the larva of a very small II v 



a<icr, lii) which lavs its eere in the voune flower buds of 



Fig. 43. Flower-bud maggot. 

 The larva. About SO times natural size. (Original.) 



the cotton plant. The larvae (Fig. 43) feed on the develop- 

 ing essential organs, causing the death' of the bud, and 

 consequently preventing the formation of the boll. The 

 bracts surrounding the base of the attacked'flower-bud gen- 



iS^Jkii * 



Fig. 44. Flower buds of cotton, showing flaring of bracts resulting 



from attack of flower-bud maggot. 



Reduced. (Original.) 



