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(c) The moth holds its wings like a roof over its 

 abdomen, when in repose; the butterfly holds its 

 wings vertically. 



(d) The pupa of a moth is usually inclosed in a CO- 



FIG. 161. Section of Wormy Apple, 

 a, codling moth; 6, cocoon. 



coon which is made of silken threads ; the pupa of the 

 butterfly is naked, having no covering, and is called 

 a chrysalis. 



The Codling Moth. In its larval state this is called 

 the apple worm. It does great damage to apples by 

 making them wormy and causing them to fall from the 

 tree. In appearance this moth is a small, brown-winged 

 insect. It lays its tiny eggs on the young green apple 

 toward the blossom or calyx end, or on the leaf. As 

 soon as the egg hatches, the young larva eats some of 

 the tender fruit and then proceeds to burrow a hole 

 to the core of the apple, nearly all entering at the 



