ACTIVE WORMS FEEDING WITHIN FOLDED LEAVES 305 



by the plant. In the South it has been found feasible to cut over 

 strawberry beds in midsummer and burn them. It is said that the 

 plants are not permanently injured by this treatment. 



The Apple Leaf-sewer {Ancylis nubeculana Clem.) 



Fig. 462. — Work of the Apple Leaf-sewer. Original. 



The leaves of apple or other fruit trees arc folded along the midrib, 

 so that their upper surfaces are lorou^ht together, and a small, active, 



greenish caterpil- 



lar, not more than 

 a half inch long, 

 feeds within. The 

 adult is a brown 

 and white moth. 

 Winter is passed 



Fig. 463. — Larva of the Apple Loaf- 

 sewer. Enlarged and natural size. 

 Original. 



within the folded leaves on the 

 ground. 



If the pest is numerous, rake 

 up and burn the leaves in win- 

 ter. Early applications of arse- 

 nate of lead or Paris green, as 



Fig. 464.— Adult of the Apple Leaf- 

 sewer. Enlarged to twice natural 

 size. Original. 



