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3. Beetles— 



(a) Large brown beetle feeding at night on leaves — May Beetle (Lachnos- 

 terna fusca). 



(b) Small brown beetles, feeding at night — Leaf Beetles. 

 The Fruit — 



(a). Boring tunnels through the fruit — 



1. Tunnels mostly about the core — brown excrement often visible at opening 

 at blossom end of apple — Codling Moth (Carpocapsa pomonella). 



2. Tunnels irregular and numerous — Apple Maggot (Trypeta pomonella). 

 (b). Puncturing the Fruit — 



1. Puncturing the fruit and distorting it, a 4-humped beetle — Apple Cur- 

 culio (Anthonomus quadrigibbus), Plum Curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar). 



Fig. 12. ..The plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar) : a. larva ; b. adult; c. pupa. 

 Much enlarged (hair line to right of b indicates natural length of adult. 



2. Purplish spots about the circular scales — San Jose Scale (Aspidiotus 

 perniciosus). 



(c). Eating holes in the fruit — 



1. Large light yellow or apple green caterpillars with a narrow cream- 

 colored stripe along middle of the back — Green Fruit Worms (Xylina sp.). 



2. Beetle, yellowish, hairy, one-half inch long — Bumble Flower-Beetle 



(Euphoria inda). 



