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FRUIT INSECTS 



Fig. 282. — A raspberry cane girdled 

 above and below the egg-puncture of the 

 cane-borer. 



Fig. 283. — 

 Scar of an im- 

 perfect girdle of 

 the raspberry 

 cane-borer ; com- 

 mon on black- 

 berry. 



girdling of the cane causes the tip to wilt, and is supposed to 

 protect the egg from being crushed by the rapidly growing 



tissue in which it lies, 



I The eggs hatch in early July and 



/^ ^ Bf f ^ N. the borer eats out a burrow towards 



( J Jlllrv I ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ cane, passing the 



\ B > winter in a partly grown condition 



f "■ 



Fig. 284. — The raspberry 

 cane-borer beetle (x 2f). Fig. 285 



Knight photo. 



Egg of the raspV)erry cane-borer 

 in position ( X 3f ) • 



