THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



pillars, that burrow into the cornstalks in the same way, 

 and usually remain through the winter in their tunnels with- 

 out transforming to pupae. Early in spring, however, this 

 transformation takes place, and the moths appear in time 

 to lay their eggs upon the young corn plants of a new 

 season. 



This Cornstalk-borer is especially destructive in regions 

 where old cornstalks are left in the field through the winter. 

 The destruction of these, with the hibernating caterpillars 

 inside, will very largely reduce the injury the following 

 season. It is another one of the numerous insects which 

 point the moral that " good agriculture is the first and best 

 insecticide." 



CODLING MOTH 



It is more than a century since the Codling Moth or 

 Apple Worm began to prey upon the fruit of American 

 orchards. This pest was 

 introduced from Europe 

 early in our history. Its 

 life history in brief is 

 this : - 



The parent insect is 

 a small chocolate-brown 

 moth, scarcely half an 

 inch long, which appears 

 among the trees in spring 

 about the time the young 

 apples are forming. The 

 tiny whitish eggs are de- 

 posited upon the fruit, 

 stems, or leaves. These eggs shortly hatch into small larvae 

 that commonly enter the blossom end of the apple, where 



CODLING 

 MOTH 



