INSECTS INFESTING THE PEACH TREE. 



CHAP. 



The Peach-tree Borer (/le(;eri« exiliosa). ..66 



The Peach Moth (Anargia lineatella) 67 



The Peach Leaf-roller {Cragia pemcana). .68 



The Peach Aphis {.Vyzux jxirm'cne) 69 



The Indian Cetonia (Celonia inda) 70 



The Green Fniit-beetle (G^r/i»i«(ix/it7i"rfflt)..71 



The following insects also infest the Peach 

 tree : 



The San Jose Scale (Axpidiotun jyerniciomis). 

 The Greedy Scale (Axpidiotiui rapax). 

 The Flat-headed Apple-tree Borer (Chrysobo- 



Ihris fciiiomta). 

 The Cherry-tree Borer (Dkerca divaricata). 



The Apple-twig Borer (Bostiichus birauda- 



The Branch and Twig burrower (I'ohjcaon 



ron/ertu.s). 

 The Snowy Tree Cricket (Oecanthuii niv^w). 

 The Buffalo Tree-hopper (Cerexa bubalux). 

 The Many-dotted Caterpillar ( Brachytcenia 



iiialana). 

 The Almond Aphis (Aphlg amygdali). 

 The Red Spider (Tctranychua telariuK). 

 The Yellow Mite. 



The Codlin Moth (Carpocapga pomonella). 

 The Plum Curculio {Conotrachelus nenuphar). 

 The Thrips. 



CHAPTEIJ I.X\1. 



The Peach Tree Borer 



(yEycrla e.r.itiosa. — Say.) 



Order, LEriDOPXERA ; Family, AEGERiDiE. 



[Boring into the trunks of peach, plum, cherry and .>^imilar 

 trees, a pale yellow sixtcen-lcggcd larva.] 



The ])each tree horer is widely distributed over the greater 

 part of the United States, and wherever found it is one of the 

 most pernicious enemies of the peach tree. 



The egg from which this liorcr hatches is deposited in the 

 latter part of Summer upon the trunk of the tree, usually 

 near the roots, but sometimes at the base of one of the lower 

 limbs. 



As soon as liatched, the young borer liegins to eat its way 

 downward through the l>ark and sapwood, continuing its 

 course in tliis direction until the following Spring, when it 

 turns about and directs its course upward. Before pujiating, 

 it forms a coeoon composed of its chips and castings, mixed 



