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The moth Fig. 9, has 

 a general resemblance to 

 the common codling 

 moth. It is dark ashen 

 ,. gray with creamy white 

 blotches on the front 

 wings, which expand a 



Fig. 7 Twig showing the position of th^ win- little more than half an 

 ter homes of the larvae at a, a, and b, natural . 

 size. inch. 



Fig. 8. Bud-worm: a, pupa, front view; /', pupa, baclc view; c, larva. 



Magnified. 



Remedies. — These little pests can most successfully be 

 destroyed by spraying with the 

 arsenites early in spring when 

 the buds are opening and the 

 larvje just beginning the season's 

 work. It is advisable to use the 

 Bordeaux mixture and Paris Fig. 9. Bud Worm Moth. 



green combination in order to prevent injury by apple scab or 

 other fungous maladies as well as insects. 



The San Jose Scale 



Aspidiotus perniciosus 



This insect is related to the common oyster-shell bark-louse, 

 but can at once be distinguished from the latter by the charac- 

 teristic round scale — as shown at b. Fig. 10. 



