INSECTS INJURIOUS TO RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY 475 



of pale, tawny hairs. The beetles appear about the middle of 

 May in northern Ohio. They feed on the tender foliage and eat 

 into the flower buds, and 

 sometimes emerge in such 

 numbers that the young foli- 

 age is skeletonized and many 

 of the flower buds do not 

 develop. Though the eggs are 

 laid in June, they - have not 

 been observed. The larvae 

 appear in late June and July 

 and feed in the fleshy head on which the berry is born, causing 

 the affected berries to ripen earlier, making them small and unfit 

 for market. Furthermore the little larvae not infrequently 



FIG. 341. Larva and adult of 

 the raspberry byturus enlarged. 

 (After Goodwin.) 



FIG. 342. Early ripening berries, the smaller ones infested with Byturus 

 larvae. (After Goodwin.) 



remain in the cup of the berry, which necessitates picking teh 

 berries over and injures their sale. The larva is about one- 



