THE APPLE MOTH. . 1OJ 



ter or one-third grown, making quite an excavation. This part ceases to grow or 

 expand, and there will soon be a depression. The spots indicate that the worm has 

 approached to the skin itself as far as the black extends. The young caterpillar can 

 be taken out without making much of a wound, but this operation seldom saves the 

 fruit. Soon after this it will be found in the centre or core, making extensive exca- 

 vations, involving the seeds, as seen in Figures 4 and 6. This little miner often shows 

 much ingenuity in keeping its apartment in order. If its chips and castings were per- 

 mitted to lie about loose, they would be inconvenient, and in windy weather annoy- 

 ing. To guard against this, it ties them all up together with silken cords, and then 

 secures the mass to a part of the establishment most out of the way. 



Figures 4, 5, and 6, do not by any means indicate all the forms of injury or 

 deformity caused by this enemy. Twenty illustrations could be made, all differing 

 in appearance, but each having some characteristic, proving it to be the work of the 

 larva of the Apple Moth. The seeds of both apples and pears will often be found 



to have been eaten as seen in Figure 6, on this Plate. 



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