There are lighter brownish, yellowish and white scales forming bands 

 on the body and wing covers as well as several raised humps or 

 crests on the wing covers that give them a rough appearance. 



Currant fruit weevils lay their eggs in or near the stem of 

 newly set blueberries. Plum curculio eggs are laid in crescent 

 shaped cuts in the skin of the berry made by the female. The lar- 

 vae of both species are white legless grubs that feed in one berry 

 only. Infested berries turn prematurely blue and shrivel. Not only 

 can these 2 beetles seriously reduce the crop but their larvae may 

 spoil early pickings by their presence in the pack. 



Guthion is labeled for control of plum curculio on blueberry. 

 If plum curculio is abundant or has been a problem previous years, 

 apply it just prior to bloom and repeat when about 75% of the blos- 

 soms have dropped on late varieties. If cranberry and currant fruit 

 weevils are present, Guthion will also control them. 



Cranberry fruitworm and cherry fruitworm infect green blue- 

 berries, not only causing serious crop reduction, but also appear- 

 ing in large numbers in early picked fruit where they become a prob- 

 lem when they emerge and crawl around under the cellophane or in- 

 side the refrigerator. 



Cranberry fruitworms spend the winter as full-grown larvae in 

 cocoons near the surface of the soil under the bushes. The larvae 

 pupate about the time the bushes are starting to bloom and the moths 

 emerge from the time early varieties start to set fruit until after 

 late varieties have set. The moths are black, tinged with reddish 

 and white scales. They have a wingspread of about 1/2 inch. The 

 forewings have a patch of white scales near the base and another 

 larger one toward the apex. Moths lay eggs singly in the calyx of 

 the small. green berries. The eggs hatch in about 5 days and the 

 worms enter berries to feed on the seeds and pulp. The larvae form 

 clusters of berries into a frassy web as they feed, destroying sev- 

 eral berries before they are through feeding. The mature larvae 

 are green, tinged with red on the back, and measure about 1/2 inch 

 in length. When through feeding, the worms drop to the ground and 

 spin their cocoons in which they remain until the following spring. 



Cherry fruitworms also spend the winter as a full grown larvae, 

 but in tunnels that they made in dead pruning stubs on the bush or 

 in dead weeds. Pupation takes place in the tunnels in May about 

 the time bushes are in bloom. Moths emerge and lay eggs on the 

 berries and leaves in late May and June. Moths are dull blackish 

 with gray and brown bands on the wings and have a wingspan of only 

 about 5/16 of an inch. The eggs are circular, flat and nearly color- 

 less. They hatch in about a week, enter a berry and feed on seeds 

 and pulp. They do not form clusters together and feed on only 1 or 

 2 berries. Full grown larvae are bright orange red and measure 

 about 1/4 to 5/16 of an inch long. In heavy infestations, 2 or 3 

 dozen larvae per pint of berries is not uncommon. 



