INSECT PESTS 



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INSECTS ATTACKING THE QUINCE 



Round-Headed Apple Tree Borer See under the 

 apple. 



Flat-Headed Apple Tree Borer See under the 

 apple. 



Codlin Moth See under the apple. 



INSECTS ATTACKING THE CHEREY 



Cherry Aphis (Myzus cerasi) This is the insect 

 that causes the cherry leaves to curl up in the early 

 summer. It is dark brown or black in color and 

 increases so rapidly that it seems but a day from their 

 first appearance until they cover many leaves and cause 

 them to curl and finally to turn brown and drop off. 



Remedy If taken in 

 time they may be destroyed 

 by the use of kerosene as 

 for the apple or peach aphis, 

 but when the leaves have 

 begun to curl it is almost 

 impossible to reach them 

 with any spray and the 

 curled leaves should be 

 picked off and the insects 

 crushed or put into kerosene, before spraying begins. 



Rose Bug, Rose Chafer (Macrodactylus subspin* 

 osus) (Figure 128) See under the grape. 



Plum Curculio See under the plum. Paris green 

 cannot be used on the cherry. Arsenate of lead is the 

 best insecticide for the cherry, Japanese plum and peach. 



INSECTS ATTACKING THE GRAPE 



Rose Bug, Rose Chafer (Macrodactylus subspin- 

 vsus) (Figure 128, a, larva; b, pupa; c, beetle) This 

 beetle, well known to almost everyone because of its 



Fig. 128-The Rose Bug 



