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PESTS OP FRUIT* 



to " reasoning." 



PIG. 203. 



Pupa of Anar 

 Butterfly. 



From the chrysalis a pretty butterfly emerges, which 

 is found commonly in the cold weather. 



Though feeding generally in pomegranates, the larva is also 

 recorded from guava, loquat and wild fruits. It is 

 distinctly a pest in pomegranate gardens and is a diffi- 

 cult insect to check. If all flowers came out together, 

 it might be possible 

 to systematically hunt 

 the butterflies in the 

 garden with nets. 

 Though familiar with 

 the caterpillars, pome- 

 granate cultivators do 

 not know the butterfly which alone 

 can be checked. 

 Nothing can 

 save a fruit 

 once attacked 

 and only tying 



the flowers up in bags immediately after pollination 

 could protect them from 

 the butterfly. On the 

 other hand, every 

 attacked fruit should be 

 FIG. 205 burnt, simply to lessen 



Anar Butterfly, from the increase of the pest. 



above, in resting Thig ^j t th 



position. 



present crop but would 

 diminish the pest for the next crop. 



FIG. 204. 

 Anar Butterfly. 



FIG 2Q6 

 Anar Butterfly. 



