141 



THE FRUIT WORM. 



Mineola vacci)iii, Riley. 



Fro. 9. 



Web of second brood, showinfr their 

 method of feeding. (After Suiilh.) 



Fig. lU. 

 Web of ipcoml brood, inclosing buds 

 of two upriglits. (After Smith.) 



This moth appears on the bocrs about the time the berries are 

 beginning to set, fiom the fii'st to the middle of July, according as 

 the season is early or late. They lay tiieir eggs at the blossom end 

 of the young bi'rry, often l»eiieath one of the triangular lobes of the 

 calyx. The egg, fig. 11, b and c. is very much flattened, of a pale 

 yellow color, and hatches in five or six days after it is laid. For a 

 day or two it feeds on the outside of the berry, in the calyx, after 

 which it makes its way into the berry, eats out the seed chamber, and 

 then migrates to another. " The larva, fig. 11, d, reaches maturity 

 in September, sometimes not being fully grown at picking-time. It 

 is then rather more than half an inch in length, of a bright green 

 color, usually with a reddish tinge on the back. The head is narrower 

 than the first segment, and is of a paler, more yellowish color, except 

 the mouth which is brown. The segments are transversely wrinkled 

 and are clothed with a few sparse and lather long hairs." (Smith.) 



