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 The Winter Moth (Chcimatobia brumata). 



This well-known fruit pest, unfortunately, makes 

 invasions also on our Roses, and in some years does end- 

 less damage. Unlike the Dagger Moth larvae, which 

 come later in the year, the "Canker-worms" or Looper 

 larvae of the Winter Moth commence their ravages when 

 the Rose leaves are quite young and tender, and they also 

 attack the young blossom buds. 



The Winter Moth caterpillar feeds on all sorts of 

 forest trees, fruit trees, shrubs and many ornamental 

 plants. Roses may become invaded where they are 

 near any fruit or forest plantation, for we know the 

 males can carry the almost wingless females some 

 distance. 



The writer has seen Roses as badly damaged by this 

 pest as fruit trees, when growing in the kitchen gardens 

 or near an orchard. 



The female Winter Moth is shown on Plate VI., 

 Fig. 9, and the male, Fig. 10, both natural size. 



LIFE-HISTORY AND HABITS. 



The winged males appear early in October and are 

 found flying at dark along the hedgerows and orchards, 

 and you will notice them the same in the Rose garden. 

 The females crawl forth from the ground some days after 

 the males have made their appearance, and at once crawl 

 up the stems of the Rose bushes. After being fertilised 

 by the males, who may carry them from bush to bush or 

 from an apple tree to a Rose, they lay their eggs on the 

 Rose bushes, both on pruned surfaces and at the axils of 

 buds. The ova are spindle shaped, greenish at first, then 



