CAPE COD CRANBERRY INSECTS 



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Red-striped Fireworm. 



Fig. 13. Mine of young worm covered with castings. 



Fig. 1-1. Cranberry leaves mined at base by newly hatched worms, with castings 



removed. 

 Fig. 15. Nest of webbed cranberry uprights. 

 Fig. 16. Cranberry uprights with tubular cases made by worms in webbed nests. 



The Moth. 



The adult is mostly dark hniw n, hut lias a white face, larjie rusty Jialjii, a 

 few white dots on the fore winns and white spots on the legs (fig. 17 and 

 Plate One, fig. 3). It expands about nine-sixteenths of an ineli. 



These moths usually keep quiet among the vines during the day, i)ut they 

 flush fairly easily. They have a darting flight and hide even more nimbly 

 than those of other fireworms, often going into the litter under the vines 

 when pursued. 



The E(jg. 



The moths lav eggs from late May to early August, the seeond brood lay- 

 intr toward the last. 



