Apple. 



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light bronze or copper color, nearly in the form of a horseshoe ; 

 at a little distance they resemble watered silk." l The hind 

 wings are of a glossy light brown color (Fig. 44). 



The moths first appear in spring, having passed the winter 

 in cocoons. The first moths fly about the time that the blos- 

 soms fall from the apple trees, and they continue to appear for 

 two or three weeks, or even longer. Very soon after leaving 

 the cocoons the moths lay their eggs, generally at the blossom 



FIG. 44. Codlin-moth ; all parts natural size. 



ends of the little apples. The eggs soon hatch and the larvae 

 immediately begin to eat the fruit. The second generation of 

 moths appears in about six weeks. Two or three broods are 

 produced in a season, and this fact tends to increase the diffi- 

 culty of treating the insect successfully. 



Treatment. Formerly the principal remedy for the codlin- 

 moth was to destroy all the windfalls, either gathering by 

 hand, or having them eaten by stock which was allowed to run 

 in the orchard. This practice was fairly successful. Since 



1 Saunders, " Insects Injurious to Fruit," 1889, 129. 



