APPLE PESTS. 



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to a bluish- grey, with two black spots on their heads and 

 the first segment, three orange strij^es along each side, 

 a white one down the back, with a black one on each side 

 of this. The body is one and a-half inches long, and 

 covered with rusty hairs. They shelter under the webs 

 on wet days, and at nights are ver}- timid and easily 

 shaken off the branches. The larv?e are fully grown by 

 the end of June; then enter into the pupal stage, the 

 cocoons being found either in crevices of the bark or in the 

 grass beneath. 



Remedies. — (1) Cut off and burn any shoots encircled by 

 bands of eggs. (2) Collect the webs' by hand and destroy 



LACKEY MOTH AND LARVA (BOMBYX ISEU-TKA). 



them. (3) Spray the foliage with Paris Green (No. 11) 

 or Arsenate of Lead (No. 10) solutions. 



Lichen and Moss. — These are vegetable parasites, 

 and a word must be said about them in this section, be- 

 cause they have some connection with insect pests. In 

 the first place they form a harbour or refuge for the ova, 

 larva^, or pup* of insect pests, and in the second one they 

 render the bark unhealthy by reason of their growing upon 

 it. It is therefore most desirable that moss and lichen 

 should not be permitted to grow on fruit trees, as is so 

 often the case. 



