GARDEN FOES. 



CHAPTER II. 



APRICOT AND CHERRY PESTS. 



A INSECTS. 



Apricot Moth (]3oto(les angustioraiia).— The larvae of 

 tliis small moth fee<l on the leaves of the apricot. The 

 moth lays its eggs on the twigs in summer, and from 

 these are hatched greyish or yellowish-green caterpillars, 

 which roll the leaves together to form tubes wherein they 

 feed on the foliage. When disturbed the larvae descend 

 by means of a fine silken line. They are very active in- 

 sects, and easily recognised. 



liEMEDiES. — Spraying in w^inter with Formula No. 5 to 

 kill the eggs, or in summer with Formula No. 10 to kill 

 the larvic, are the best remedies. Hand-picking may 

 also be practised where only a few larvie are discovered. 



Cherry Aphis (Myzus cerasi). — Small black plant lice 

 which infest the under isides of the foliage of cherries in 

 spring and summer, covering it with a sticky " honey- 

 dew," and causing both shoots and leaves to shrivel. The 

 females are viviparous in spring and oviparous in autumn. 

 Occasionally this pest is very numerous, and docs serious 

 injury to the trees. 



liEMEDiES. — Spray the trees in sunnner with Formula 

 No. 10, or in February with Foiniuke Nos. 1 or 8, or in 

 March with Formula No. 9. 



Cherry Sawfiy (Eriocam])a lin)acina). — The larvjv of 

 thii3 fly, ])opularly known as Slugworms, do an immense 

 amount of injury in some seasons and some districts to 

 the foliage of the pear and the cherry. The Sawfly is 

 about a quarter of an inch long, black with duid^y wmgs, 



