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THE PLUM CURCULIO. 
EXTENT OF FEEDING OF THE RESPECTIVE SEXES. 
The extent to which feeding is done by the respective sexes of the 
eurculio during their lives is shown in Table LI. Individuals of 
each sex were separately confined and each beetle supplied daily 
with 4 wild plums, examinations of the fruit being made daily. 
Taste LI.—E£xtent of feeding of each sex of the plum curculio during the season, Myrtle, 
Ga., 1906. 
May 
Dates. 
Feeding punctures by males. 
Feeding punctures by 
females. 
tle tle 
No. 8.|No. 1.|No. 2.|No. 3.|No. 4. 
Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- 
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No. 1.|No. 2.|No. 3.|No. 4.|No. 5.|No. 6.|No. 7. 
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3 4 3 2 1 TY [Nee ga 2 3 5 
2 4 2 2 DM tase eae) 1 2 5 4 
3 2 2 3 LG Ese S| eres 2 8 2 
2 I eseeeee 2 1 1 An ene ee 1 4 
8 7 6 6 1 2: 1 Ht 2 5 
1 2 3 5 1 1 3 if 8 2 
2 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 
1 1S) [sree ee! 3 1 1 2ilab sone 1 5 
4 4 2 3 Valtivaces | ep es aoe 5 heehee 
4 5 11 4 3 2 1 1 4 4 
5 1 4 3 2 2 1 1 5 3 
2 2 5 2 3 1 2 1 3 5 
1 2 5 4 1 1 O78) mee 12 4 
oonee 1 3 2 2 1 u 1 2 3 
2 3 4 is Wer sAe 1 4 3 1 2 
4 5 6 Bi] Cae 1 i | ie SP 7 6 
1 2 POU IG eee 1 3 1 8 8 
3 3 (ayy epee 1 il 3 2 3 5 
2 3 sal ee eg a | 1h eee toe 1 2 eae 
2 1 LY estes Ibi eee 7A ees 2 8 
2 5 Fol eget if 1 2 1 3 4 
1 1 Bs eee 2 2 3 2 4 5 
3 3 7 | PESOS aeece 1 2 2 8 3 
2 1 7 ee 3 ly S255 | Cee 1 5 
3 1 | al a 2 1 1 3 5 5 
1 4 i Fa ee 1 2 2 2 6 5 
1 3 iP | eso 1 Jo) Saseck|ssenan 5 6 
3 4 PF ec e 1 1 2 1 6 7 
7 if 1 A Ree el ees 2 6 4 
3 2 4 4 1 7 7G es 4 4 
3 2 Bal Ramat. Oi ibesees 1 7 4 8 
5 3 Hy Beare 6 1 3 2 6 4 
2 Zz, Sia seeeee 4 4 2h sete 9 4 
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1 3 1M ees ee 2 1 1 4 6 
5 1 3i|Sn saree 5 2 Zi see kee 5 6 
2 1 Pl eee OMleeewse 2 Qolateses 7 
1 al) eae Roce ocace 3 1 1 6 4 
1 4 Drie esee 1 Ls] Soceee| eee 4 5 
4 3 AY). casks 74 | a 2 2 6 12 
3 4 Bo |Sacaee 5 1 3 3 i 14 
1 7 P \iecace 3 1 1 2 5 a 
5 5 Ea See 1 2 2 2 4 6 
1 2 Suleaseee 1 6 3 1 7 8 
5 1 oleae 1 3 2 oes ee 5 2 
4 4 Guile eeees 5 3 A Wee ercore 2 1 
1 8 2: |oseeee 2 4 1 a 2 4 
1 6 10) facehc 4 1 2 3 5 4 
1 5 Oh | Seema 5 1 Wests sae 4 6 
4 3 cee eecesleeees 3 3 3 4 3 
4 2 Gia eee 2 2 3 5 1 
5 4 Bilecnsae esess eBeos Snes 2 3 1 
Bi leeeece Gulzoeeas 6 1 1 3 5 1 
2 1 De De ts \seaeees 2 5 | (2) 4 3 
(Yel Bea eae rl eee 4 1 1 Ses 4 4 
2 2 1 Soe 4 4 
Lcotee| ssh | Ssee eee 5 8 
4 8 
1 Died. 
8 7 
4 4 
5 5 
5 3 
3 6 
3 13 
3 8 
3 3 
4 1 
4 6 
5 4 
8 11 
8 3 
3 8 
8 4 
2 5 
8 3 
19 11 
9 ni | 
2 3 
3 3 
1 1 
S3| ssecee 
6 3 
1 2 
2 2 
2 2 
3 3 
10 3 
3 1 
4 7 
5 4 
8 1 
4 6 
13 14 
10 3 
5 2 
2 2 
il 2 
9 7 
2 6 
6 13 
3 3 
3 2 
1 4 
1 3 
siseisee 2 
2 2 
3 2 
4 8 
2 3 
3 4 
2 i 
7 4 
ASsoce 2 
SA2SS2 3 
sacs 16 
eae 14 
Beane 13 
