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The: Apple Flea-weevil 
(Orchestes caniis Horn) 
The apple flea-weevil is a small, dull blackish beetle (Fig. i8) 
nearly one-eighth of an inch long, resembling the common flea- 
beetles in general appearance; and, altho a true weevil or snout- 
beetle, it has the power of leaping like the flea-beetles. The larv?e 
(Fig. 19) make winding burrows (mines) in apple leaves; the 
pup?e (Fig. 20) are formed within the leaf; and the adults feed 
on the leaves, making numerous shallow pits which later become 
small holes. 
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Fig. 18. Apple Plea-weevil, 
Orchestes canus, adult. Length 
about one-eighth inch. 
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Fig. 19. Apple 
Plea-weevil, Or- 
chestes camis, lar- 
va. Length about 
one-eighth inch. 
Pig. 20. Apple 
Flea-weevil, Or- 
chestes canus, pu- 
pa, seen from be- 
low. Length 
about one-eighth 
inch. 
