20 



SPRAYING THE APPLE ORCHARD. 



twenty (20) days later the 

 pupa wriggles itself out of 

 the cocoon through the 

 silken tube made by the 

 larva, its skin splits doAvn 

 the middle of the back and 

 from out the pupal shell 

 crawls the adult moth, some- 

 what bedraggled, but soon 

 ready for flight. Last year 

 the first moths emerged 

 about June 10, most emerg- 

 ing about ten days later, 

 and the last not until July 1. 

 The Moth. — Though one 

 of our common insects, the 

 codling moth is rarely seen; 

 i'or it flies at night and dur- 

 ■IliirilTiinT' ^ ^Yie day it remains mo- 



FiG. 8.— Numerous cocoons containing = '' 



pupffi under bark. tionlcss on or undcr the 



bark, which it so closely resembles as to be invisible 

 have photographed one with > / 



its wings folded on its back ' 

 in the usual position, resting 



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Fig. 9.— The codling moth. 



on a piece of apple bark. Can you 

 see the moth? The moth "is a beau- 

 tiful little creature," says Professor 

 Slingerland, "whose front wings, 

 when seen at a little distance, have 

 somewhat the appearance of brown 

 watered silk; when closely examined 

 ^'a'v:^itoA,aTk'w*f.i'"h?tso they will be seen to be crossed by 

 bL"aimosUnv?sibie.''" '" numcrous Hncs of gray and brown 



