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Fig. 127 Fig. 126.— Olives infested by Olive Worms. 



Fig. 127. — An olive cut open, showing work 

 of Olive Worms. 



This pest is not found in California, so far 

 as I am aware, at present. The following is 

 taken from Figuier's account of this insect : 



The parent CFig. 124), which deposits the 



eggs from which the maggots (Fig. 12.5, left,) 



are produced, is about one half the size of the 



common house-fly, and of an ashen-gray color; its head is 



orange-yellow, with two black spots on the upper part of the 



face ; the eyes are green ; the thorax is marked with four 



