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would state that they can be easily told from the codling moth 

 larvae, as they are without legs, thus resembling maggots. 

 They grow rapidly to maturity (Fig. 33, #), thus causing 

 plums, apples, and peaches to fall prematurely, though cher- 

 ries usually remain on the tree. The 

 earliest larvae are ready to go into the 

 ground and pupate (Fig. 33, #) by 

 the last of June. As egg-laying goes 

 on even till July, it will readily be 

 seen that larvae will be found in the 

 fruit all through the summer, and I 

 have found them in peaches even in 

 September. All of these pupae change 

 into mature insects during summer and autumn, so the in- 

 sects all pass the winter as mature beetles, concealed either 

 under boards, or in crevices, or even in the ground. In May 

 they commence coming forth, and continue to put in an appear- 

 ance even to mid-summer. We see, then, that the old disputed 

 question is settled that these insects are single brooded, and 

 that the old notion that they were double brooded, arose from 

 the fact that some are so early, while others are very tardy 

 in coming from their winter retreat; though it may be that 

 those insects that appear so late in our orchards come from 

 other orchards, or even from the forests. 



As was said above, these insects are nocturnal, though they 

 will fly in the hot sunshine. Yet they will fly more freely at 

 night, and seem far less timid. 



It is a fortunate peculiarity of this beetle to fall from the 

 tree if it is suddenly jarred. In this condition, when it seems 

 to contract itself to the utmost, it has been compared not inaptly 

 to a dried bud. 



REMEDIES. Early in the season the curculio hides during 

 the day beneath chip or clod at the base of the tree. Hence 

 the peach growers of the " Michigan Fruit Belt " trap these 

 weevils under chips early in the season. During the day (hey 

 are gathered and destroyed. The gathering must not be com- 

 menced too early or delayed too late or we may fail to find all. 



