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INSECTS AFFECTING THE CURRANT. 



Fig. 12. Currant leaf with eggs of 

 Currant Worm. 



the lower leaves (Fig. 42). In about ten days the 



small worms hatch 



and eat circular 



holes in the leaf, 



as shown at 2 and 



3, Fig. 42. At first 



these larva? are 



whitish in color : 



they soon change 



to green , then to 



green w r ith numer- 

 ous black spots, 



and at last back 



again to a plain 



light green, with 



a tinge of yellow at the sides and ends. They ' are 



shown at different ages at Fig. 43. The full grown 



larva? spin tough 

 brown cocoons, 

 beneath the 

 leaves and rub- 

 bish at the sur- 

 face of the 

 ground, within 

 w h i c h they 

 change to pupa?. 

 From these co- 

 coons the rl i e s 

 emerge early in 

 summer, to lay 



Fig. 43. Currant Worms eating leaves. egg s f© r a SeCOlld 



