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leaves and blossoms, but mostly on the young fruit as soon as it 

 is set; indeed, in New England the beetles do not emerge until 



1 2 



FIG. 432. 1, young plums showing crescent-shaped egg punctures of the 

 plum curculio; 2, adult curculio on young peach four times natural 

 size. (After Quaintance, U. S. Dept. Agr.) 



a week or two after the apple blossoms fall. The females com- 

 mence to lay eggs in the young fruits as soon as formed. The 



FIG. 433. Plum curculio on young 

 apple and egg punctures en- 

 larged. 



FIG. 434. The plum cur- 

 culio enlarged five 

 times. (After Stedman.) 



egg puncture of the plum curculio is shaped like a crescent and 

 has given it the very apt name of " little Turk." The female 



