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The following details were got up for one of our weekly newspapers this summer, and 

 entitled, 



AN INSECT REGISTER FOR 1877. 



May 10th. — Tent caterpillars first hatched out. 



May 25th. — Gooseberry worms began actively to work into the young fruit. 



May 30th. — Forest tent caterpillars began to leave the woods in great numbers. 



June 1st. — The currant worms b'igan to work on the leaves, but apparently were not so 



numerous as formerly. 

 June 18th. — Potato beetle larvae began to hatch out, but not so numerous as in former years. 

 June 20th. — Gooseberry worms leave the bushes, and retire into the ground to change. Also 



cut worms are not so numerous or destructive as in former years. 

 June 21st. — Tent caterpillars began to spin cocoons and retire to change. 

 June 25th. — The plum weevils very numerous, and have destroyed many of our plums and 



peaches. Also the apple fruit worm, or codling moth, larva not much to do 



this season — nn apples. 

 " — Canker worms, measuring worms, and other larvae of various insects are very 



plentiful this season, and we are suficring much from their depredations. 

 June 27th. — Not many tent caterpillars now abroad. 

 June 28th. — First swarm of bees this season. 

 June 30th. — Fir.st newly-made tent caterpillar's cluster of eggs. Moths perfected. 



" — The currant worm moth still propagating, and young hatching out. 

 July 2nd. — Pea beetle began to deposit eggs in young peas. 

 Oct. 12th. — The cabbage worm butterfly still depositing her eggs, and the young larva still 



hatching out. 

 Nov. 9th. — Hard frost, completely stopped the cabbage worm from further increase. 

 Nov. 12th. — Canker woim moths very thickly on the wing, their females clust«ring on the 



branches of the trees. 

 Nov. 29th. — Musquitoes, black flies, and most of the insect world silently nested away for 



this season. 



Arkona Nurseries, November, 20th, 1877. 



