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THE CODLIN MOTH. 



on which it feeds, to discover it is not an easy 

 matter. This Moth is the cause of great destruc- 

 tion among apples, especially the codlin kind. 

 All apple-growers, and many apple-eaters, must be 

 aware of the unpleasant state of many apples 

 when they become " worm-eaten." In some cases 

 the whole interior of the apple is filled with 

 a brown dust and pierced full of holes ; and in 

 others, the cause of all this damage is found in 

 the shape of a whi^e grub-looking caterpillar, 

 which is the larva of the Codlin Moth. 



Codlin Moth. 



When the caterpillar is full-fed, the apple falls 

 from the tree, and the larva eats its way through 

 the rind and issues for the first time into the 

 open air. It instinctively makes for the trunk of 



