MAGGOTS FEEDING WITHIN THE FRUIT 



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drop. Pigs, sheep, or cattle will often accomplish this to good advan- 

 tage. Cliickens will hunt out and destroy many of the pupa) in the soil. 



Fig. 542. — Burrows of the Apple Maggot, show- 

 ing through skin of fruit. Original. 



The Cherry Fruit Maggot {Rhagoletis cingulata Loew.) 

 Small, whitish, footless maggots about one third of an inch long are 

 found in the pulp of ripening cherries, where they tunnel about, causing 

 decayed ca\dties. The adult is a 

 small fly with barred wings . Eggs 

 are laid under the skin of the 



Fig. 543. — Adult of the Cherry Fruit 

 Maggot, enlarged and natural size. 

 Original. 



Fig. 544.— The Cherry Fruit Mag- 

 got. Larvse, enlarged and natural 

 size. Original. 



