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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The Striped Peach-worm. {Gelechia confusella.) 



Occasionally an insect which is considered rare, is discovered working locally 

 in such numbers as to do harm. Such is the case with the present species. It 

 is to be found in the western part of the State in restricted areas. 



The larva is striped, dirty white, with six longitudinal reddish-brown stripes, 

 and with a yellowish-brown head and thorax. It is restless, wriggling violently 

 when disturbed. It binds together the leaves of the peach with a web of fine 

 silk, forming a nest of loosely bound leaves in which several live and in which 

 they change to pupae. They appear in Michigan about the first of July and again 

 about the middle of September. 



The adult moths are very dark in color, the front-wings being almost black 

 with a purplish sheen. The hind-wings are lighter in color. 



REMEDIES. . 



Two methods of treatment are found to be useful, cutting out and burning the 

 nests, and spraying with arsenites just as the worms appear. Great care must 

 be observed in putting paris-green on peach. Use lime according to directions 

 and do not apply stronger than one pound to 180 or 200 gallons of water. Do 

 not apply poisons for the late brood for the fruit will be too far advanced by 

 that time. 



AFFECTING THE FRUIT. 



The Bumble Flower Beetle. {Euphoria inda.) 



A thickset, awkward beetle, of dull color, somewhat resembling a small June 

 beetle. It is two-brooded; one brood emerging in early spring, and the other 

 in September. The name is suggested by the loud humming noise that it makes 

 when on the wing, resembling closely the noise made by a bumble-bee. The 

 members of the fall brood have the bad habit of tunneling into ripe fruit, nota- 



Fig. 58. — Bumble Flower-beetle. Author's illustration. 



bly peaches and pears, although grapes do not escape. There is really no satis- 

 factory remedy Ivnown. Fortunately they are not commonly numerous enough 

 to do very serious injury in more than small areas. 



Codling-moth (see Insects affecting the apple). 



Plum Curculio (see Insects affecting the plum). 



