|)|;ill l<» ('lir«»l||-;ii:(' (lie l)inls »i|- liol. Tlic W (tod | M-ckcls ;i|-c I here, 



Iccdiiii:. 'HI iiisccis :iiiil ilic Itccdc larvae iiiidcr the liark. It may 

 1»(' a ii(M»(l cliaiicc h) s|»i-('a(I llic <-li(*stimt hlimlit, but tliey help to 

 control lli(i iiiotlis. Tiicy Iced on liuiidrcds of tlicni. Von see 

 lliciii linnlinu' cvcryw licrc. Tlic iiiscctdoNin^ hirds ai-c there. 

 \(i\\ liiid tlic \ircos, tlie red-eyed \ireo especially; yon liiid tli(; 

 American redstart; yon liml warlders. Tliey are there lookin;^' 

 for the moths and weevils. ('liicK'ens were ])laced in tin* ui-ove. 

 Tiicy search foi- urnl>s ;ind e\-erytliiii^ they can liiid and, of 

 conise. in doiiiu Hiai Iliey destroy many of the chest nnt weevils 

 and the jirnbs of other worms. 



This view shows the cliestnnt weevil, the JhlfHiinus, on the 

 Imri'. These can lie controlled liy removing the Imrrs imme- 

 dial(dy, liefore they iiave time to eome ont on the nnt. 



This view shows them at work. Several females were placed 

 on this Itnrr, which 1 have cut in two. 



This view shows the long, l)eaklike proboscis. There is 

 another one, and another in the corner. There Avas another 

 one liere, bnl it crawled around too niucli to be phoiographed. 

 How the eggs are dejjosited, I cannot say, luit in some way, I 

 thiidc through that long beak. They have two slim feelers, 

 with whieli they can take the egus from the ovipositor to the end 

 of the beak. This view shows a l»ig one. The weevil, as yon can 

 see in the next ]>hotogra]di, never withdrew its beak. There it 

 is, in the picture. This was renuned and in its place larvae 

 develo])ed. T have taken out of one nnt as many as fifty-live 

 grubs of tlie !>( hniiiis;. 



This view shows them matni-ing. In tliis one there were as 

 many as thirty larvae. 



This view shows them in different stages; they are practically 

 mature. When they are mature, they come out through the 

 little hole in the nut and burrow in the ground. They remain 

 there until June or July, when they transform into pupae. The 

 next view sliows six of them taken in July. In about two weeks 

 they mature. The next view shows six adults, three male and 

 three female. I think in some way the eggs are taken by means 

 of these appendages which will reach the end of the bill and 



