CURRANT AND GOOSEBERRY PESTS. m 



l.>lack, red, and white ciuTant, and gooseberry. The scaly- 

 hke coverings are merely shelters for the insects within. 

 The female first lays a large number of very fine eggs. In 

 due course these eggs give birth to oval maggots, which at 

 firet move about until they have found a suitable position 



GOUSEBERRY SCALE (LECANIUM PERSIC.E SAROTHAMNI). 



Upper figure represents the female and the lower one a tide view of tlie 

 fcaly covering which shelters the young insects. 



on the branch. Then they settle down, insert their beak 

 firmly into the bark, and there remain permanently during 

 their short life. As each female lays such a multitude of 

 eggs, it will be apparent that in a very short time there 

 will be hundreds and thousands of these pests distributed 

 all over the shoots of the tree. They pierce the bark and 



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