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PJESTS OF ORCHARD AND SMALL FRUITS 



The life round is much hke that of the other species. The adults 

 hibernate in any convenient shelter, and lay their eggs in the young 



fruit. The larva is a footless grub. 

 Its body is enlarged in a sort of 

 hump back of the head. It pu- 

 pates in the soil, and the adults 

 emerge in the latter part of sum- 

 mer, soon going into hibernation. 

 On small trees jarring is an effec- 

 tive plan. On larger trees early 

 spraying with arsenate of lead or 

 Paris green will poison many of 

 the beetles. Rubbish of all sorts 

 FiG.5i7.-The7^eCurculio. En- should be kept cleaned up, in order 

 larged and natural size. Original. to eliminate winter hiding places. 



The Plum Gouger (Anthonornus scutellaris Lee.) 



The plum gouger is a brownish beetle, one fourth of an inch long, 

 and may be distinguished from the plum curcuUo by the absence of the 

 characteristic humps found on the wing 

 covers of the curculio. 



Early in the season holes are eaten in the 

 base of the flower, and the beetle feeds 



on the part 



within that 



would later 



become the 



fruit. After 



the plums are 



of some size 



the adult 



punctures them and lays an egg 



within, the grub li\'ing inside the 

 Fig. 519.— The Plum Gouger. . . , ^, ? i. j 



Adult, enlarged and natural ^^^^g seed. The adult does not 



size. Original. make a crescent-shaped cut around 



Fig. 518. — Feeding punc- 

 ture made by the Plum 

 Gouger. Original. 



