Tortricidae 
which survives the attacks of these insects and develops suffi¬ 
ciently to come to market and to the mouth of the consumer, 
there are scores of apples 
and pears the development 
of which is entirely ruined, 
and they fall to the ground 
undersized and worthless. 
There are two broods of the 
insects annually. The sec¬ 
ond brood hibernates in the 
cocoon. We quote again 
from Riley: “The same 
temperature which causes 
our apple-trees to burst their 
beauteous blossoms releases 
the coddling-moth from its 
pupal tomb, and though its 
wings are still damp with 
the imprint of the great 
Stereotyping Establishment 
of the Almighty, they soon 
dry and expand under the genial spring-day sun, and enable each 
to seek its companion. . . . The moths soon pair, and the female 
flits from blossom to blossom, deftly depositing in the calyx of 
each a tiny yellow egg. As the fruit matures, the worm develops. 
In thirty-three days, under favorable circumstances, it has become 
full-fed; when, leaving the apple, it spins up in some crevice, 
changes to a chrysalis in three days, and issues two weeks after¬ 
wards as moth, ready to deposit again, though not always in the 
favorite calyx this time, as I have frequently found the young 
worm entering from the side.” 
The best remedy for the coddling-moth is to destroy all wind¬ 
falls and immature fruit lying upon the ground. Make it a duty 
to keep the wind-fallen fruit garnered up once a week and fed to 
the pigs. Let the pigs into the orchard, if possible. Bind bands 
of hay about the trees. The caterpillars will form their cocoons 
among the hay in preference to any other place. Once a week 
crush the hay with the cocoons in it, and move the band up and 
down. Burn the wisp of hay if it gets full of cocoons, and bind 
420 
Fig. 241. — C. pomonella. a , burrow in 
apple; b, point where egg is laid; e, full- 
grown larva; d, pupa; f, moth at rest; 
g , moth with wings expanded; h, enlarged 
head of larva; i, cocoon. (After Riley.) 
