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This larva or maggot is dirty reddish-brown, with a 

 black head. As it matures it grows fat and sluggish and 

 reaches about half an inch in length. They are found in 

 May, June and July. On reaching the full fed stage 

 the "maggot" changes to a dark brown pupa which is 

 spun, up amongst the leaves more or less enshrouded in 

 pale silk. 



The moth appears in May and June and, it seems, 

 again in the late summer. Its fore wings are smoky-brown 

 at the base, then whitish with grey clouding, leaden 

 towards the tip with four small black specks ; under 

 wings grey. Length, about two-thirds of an inch. It is 

 generally abundant in gardens. 



The Brown Rose Grub (Spilonota voborana] 

 Another very common and harmful species, which is 

 shown on Plate VII., Figs. 3 & 4, the fore wings dark 

 brown at the base, the mid area white speckled with grey, 

 tip darker, a leaden grey spot on the inner corner and 

 brown palpi. Length, about the same as the former 

 species. This moth is found on the wing in June and July. 

 The maggot is dull brown with a black head, and like the 

 former becomes very fat as it matures. They especially 

 occur on the shoots, the young leaves of which are 

 spun together and the buds eaten into. The damage 

 done by them when they are nearing maturity in May 

 and June is very marked. The date of appearance is in 

 early April in some years, late April in others. Pupation 

 takes place in tightly spun up cocoons formed partly 

 of a rolled piece of leaf. 



The Green Rose Maggot (Tortrix ribeana). 

 Feeding between spun together leaves we also find 

 green Tortrix maggots. One common species is that 



