AN ENTOMOLOGICAL CALENDAR. 



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age the presence of birds. The chickadees and downy wood- 

 peckers will find codling moth larvae in their cocoons and eat 

 them. The former bird also eats the eggs of plant lice. 







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FiG. 23.— Eggs of Plant lice. 



Look at your seed beans and peas to see that the bean wee- 

 vil or pea weevil is not working therein. If they are present, 

 place seed in an air-tight receptacle and fumigate with bisul- 

 phide of carbon. Avoid bringing a light of any kind near this 

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liquid. i . :j:i-3;2J 



a 2 c B 



Fig. 24.— Bean weevil and Pea weevil. Summer condition. After Brehm. 



FEBRUARY AND MARCH. 



Finish any uncompleted work of January. 



Scrape off loose bark from trunks and large branches of 

 old fruit trees with a sharp hoe or scraper made for the pur- 

 pose. This single scraping should precede any winter spray- 

 ing. 



Fig. 26. 



