SPRAYING CROPS 



States' 'is ' tfie ' Codling ''Moth-* or Apple Worm the 

 little white worm that one too often finds near the core 

 of the dessert apple. The parent of this little pest is a 

 small chocolate-colored moth (represented at / and 

 g), which appears in spring soon after the blossoms 

 have fallen and deposits its eggs in various places 

 upon the young apples as well as upon the adjacent 

 leaves. In about a week these eggs hatch into 



Codling Moth 



a, injured apple; b, calyx where young larva generally enters; e, larva; d, 

 pupa; *, cocoon; g,f t moth; h, head of larva. (After Riley) 



young larvae which often nibble a little of the green 

 surface of the leaf or the fruit before they crawl into 

 the little calyx cup at the outer end of the apple to 

 burrow into the pulpy part. Some of them enter at 

 other places. Once inside the larva continues 

 feeding as the apple develops, constantly increasing 

 in size, until, at the end of three or four weeks, it is 

 about three-fourths of an inch long, and appears as 

 represented in e. It has now finished its caterpillar 



