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It appears in April and May and attacks the foliage of various plants; 

 nocturnal. 



Larva. — ^Legless, white to flesh colored, usually curved; head brown, 

 body thickest at the middle; % inch long and lives in the soil and at- 

 tacks roots of Cyclamen, Adiantum and Gloxinia. 



Feytaud, of France, reports parthenogenetic reproduction of this 

 insect, and considers it probable that males appear sporadically. The 

 females deposit more than 150 eggs, and reproduction is very rapid. 



Control. — The adults may be caught at night by shaking them from 

 infested plants; the grubs in the soil are not readily controlled. 



Peach Leaf Weevil {Anametis granulatus Say). — This weevil is about 

 i<4 inch long, dark brown, oval, robust, densely covered with greyish 

 scales. It sometimes damages peach, pear and apple trees by eating 

 at night the buds and bark. Widely distributed. 



CALANDRID^ (GRAIN WEEVILS) 



Granary Weevil (Calandra granaria Linn.). — Adult. A snout- 

 weevil, ig inch long, convex, brown; thorax punctate; wing-covers 



Fig. 218. — Grain and rice weevils: a, adult of grain beetle (Calandra granaria); b, 

 larva; c, pupa; d, adult of rice weevil (C. oryzce). (After Chittenden.) 



ridged lengthwise. Four or five generations in a season, each requir- 

 ing about 40 days (Fig. 218). 

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