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The strawberry weevil (Anthonomus signatus) in certain 

 seasons has prevented the development of more than a 

 half crop of berries in New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, 



FIG. 122. -- Straw- 

 berry weevil en- 

 larged seven diam- 

 eters. Alter Chit- 

 tenden. 



FIG. 123. Galleries of the spruce-destroying beetle 

 beneath the bark of a spruce tree. After Hopkins. 



the Carolinas, and Virginia. The eggs are deposited in 

 the flower buds, upon which the grublike larva feed and 

 attain full size in about a month. 

 The bark beetles are short-snouted weevils which breed 



