PEAR INSECTS 59 



the slender bronze-brown beetles emerge the last of 

 May and during June. 



Control — Adults feed on leaves, which suggests 

 spraying with arsenate of lead after the petals fall ; 

 the spraying should be continued during successive 

 years. 



The false tarnished plant-bug *^ (Lygtis 



communis) 



Order — Hemiptera 



This insect has for years caused more or less in- 

 jury to pears in New York State ; the nymphs punc- 

 ture the young fruit, thus causing it to become de- 

 formed and knotty ; the tissue surrounding the punc- 

 ture becomes hardened and gritty ; the eggs are de- 

 posited in the young pear branches. 



The adult is about j4 inch in length, very similar 

 to the tarnished plant-bug and is light brownish in 

 color ; the winter seems to be passed in the tgg stage. 



Control — Spray about the time the petals are 

 falling with nicotine sulphate, ^ pint to 100 gallons 

 of water to which are added 3 or 4 pounds of soap. 

 Repeat, if necessary, a few days later. 



OTHER INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE PEAR 



Pear-blight beetle (Xylebonis dispar). 

 Codling moth (Carpocapsa pomonella) 

 Green fruit-worm (Xylina anfennata) . 

 San Jose scale (Aspidiottis perniciosus) . 

 Cigar case-bearer (Coleophora Hetcherella). 

 Howard scale {Aspidiotiis hozvardi). 

 Fruit-tree leaf-roller {Archips argyrospila). 



PEACH PESTS 



At least 25 different insects attack the peach tree. 



42 Parrott and Hodgkiss— N. Y, State Expt. Stat., Bull. 368. 



