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the damage. Various washes containing soap and carbolic 

 acid have been advised to drive or keep the insects from 

 the trees, but none have proved to be of much value. The 

 best and safest treatment is to dig the borers out with a 

 sharp knife, or to run a wire into the burrow until the in- 

 sects are reached. 



Apple curculio, natural size in the small figure. 



Fall Web Worm 



This worm is the larva of a moth of pure white color* 

 with an expanse of wings of about one and one-fourth 

 inches. The worms attack a great number of different 

 kinds of plants, usually in mid-summer. The full grown 

 larvae are about an inch long, with varied markings. They 

 are thickly covered with hairs of various shades of yellow, 

 being longer at the extremities of the body, and a dark 



