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  THE 
  APPLE-WEEVIL 
  PLUM-WEEVIL. 
  

  

  795 
  

  

  curved 
  black 
  liue 
  before 
  the 
  ocellated 
  patch 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  angle, 
  which 
  

   line 
  is 
  edged 
  with 
  a 
  coppery 
  tint. 
  Plate 
  LXIX, 
  Fig. 
  9, 
  represents 
  the 
  

   caterpillar, 
  with 
  the 
  worm-eaten 
  apple, 
  the 
  cocoon 
  (i), 
  and 
  the 
  chrysalis 
  

   and 
  moth, 
  

  

  Bemedies. 
  -^This 
  troublesome 
  pest 
  may 
  be 
  partially 
  destroyed 
  by 
  gath- 
  

   ering 
  the 
  " 
  windfalls," 
  though 
  the 
  larva 
  often 
  deserts 
  the 
  worm-eaten 
  

   apples 
  before 
  it 
  falls. 
  The 
  best 
  remedy 
  is 
  that 
  suggested 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Trim- 
  

   ble, 
  who 
  binds 
  bands 
  of 
  hay 
  about 
  the 
  trees 
  from 
  July 
  until 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  September. 
  The 
  larvfe 
  crawl 
  under 
  these 
  bands 
  and 
  there 
  spin 
  their 
  

   silken 
  cocoons, 
  when 
  every 
  fortnight 
  the 
  bands 
  can 
  be 
  removed 
  and 
  the 
  

   worms 
  destroyed. 
  Dr. 
  Le 
  Barm 
  recommends 
  for 
  Northern 
  Illinois 
  that 
  

   the 
  bandages 
  be 
  in 
  place 
  a 
  month 
  after 
  the 
  blooming 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  5 
  that 
  

   they 
  be 
  examined 
  seven 
  weeks 
  after 
  the 
  falling 
  of 
  the 
  blossoms 
  ; 
  that 
  

   three 
  subsequent 
  examinations 
  be 
  made 
  at 
  intervals 
  of 
  twelve 
  days, 
  

   and 
  a 
  final 
  one 
  after 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  have 
  fallen. 
  In 
  the 
  latitude 
  

   of 
  Saint 
  Louis, 
  Mr. 
  Riley 
  suggests 
  that 
  the 
  first 
  examination 
  be 
  made 
  

   not 
  later 
  than 
  six 
  weeks 
  after 
  the 
  falling 
  of 
  the 
  blossoms 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  four 
  

   subsequent 
  examinations, 
  at 
  intervals 
  of 
  twelve 
  days, 
  be 
  made 
  between 
  

   it 
  and 
  the 
  final 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  autumn 
  when 
  the 
  apples 
  are 
  gathered. 
  

  

  The 
  Apple-Weevil, 
  Antlionomus 
  quadrigiblns 
  Say. 
  (Figs. 
  64,65.) 
  — 
  Boring 
  in 
  the 
  

   apple 
  ; 
  a 
  long, 
  slender 
  maggot, 
  trausformiDg 
  in 
  the 
  apple 
  into 
  a 
  weevil, 
  with 
  a 
  snout 
  

   nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  body. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  64. 
  — 
  Apple- 
  Weevil, 
  adult, 
  a, 
  Fig. 
  65.— 
  Apple- 
  Weevil. 
  «, 
  pupa;6, 
  

   nat. 
  size; 
  6, 
  c, 
  enlarged. 
  (After 
  maggot; 
  both 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  Eiley.) 
  

  

  This 
  weevil, 
  which 
  need 
  not 
  be 
  confounded 
  with 
  the 
  plum-weevil, 
  

   is 
  smaller, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  longer 
  beak. 
  With 
  its 
  long 
  snout 
  it 
  drills 
  holes 
  

   into 
  the 
  apple, 
  deposits 
  an 
  ^gg^ 
  and 
  the 
  grub 
  goes 
  right 
  to 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  

   the 
  apple, 
  feeding 
  around 
  the 
  core 
  for 
  nearly 
  a 
  month, 
  when 
  it 
  trans- 
  

   forms 
  in 
  the 
  fruit, 
  which 
  does 
  not 
  fall. 
  It 
  remains 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  weeks 
  

   in 
  the 
  pupa 
  state, 
  not 
  leaving 
  the 
  fruit 
  until 
  it 
  becomes 
  a 
  beetle. 
  — 
  

   (Riley.) 
  

  

  INSECTS 
  AFFECTING 
  THE 
  PLUM. 
  

  

  The 
  Pluji-Weevil, 
  Conotrachelus 
  neniqihar 
  Herbst. 
  — 
  Puncturing 
  the 
  young 
  fruit 
  ; 
  a 
  

   weevil, 
  like 
  a 
  dried 
  plum-bud 
  in 
  general 
  appearance, 
  whose 
  grub 
  in 
  the 
  plum 
  causes 
  

   the 
  fruit 
  to 
  prematurely 
  fall. 
  

  

  The 
  plum-weevil 
  has 
  nearly 
  cut 
  off 
  the 
  fruit 
  in 
  the 
  Eastern 
  States, 
  so 
  

   that 
  comparatively 
  little 
  is 
  raised. 
  The 
  following 
  condensed 
  account 
  

   is 
  taken 
  from 
  " 
  The 
  Guide 
  to 
  tbe 
  Study 
  of 
  Insects:" 
  " 
  This 
  beetle 
  is 
  a 
  

   short, 
  stout, 
  thick 
  weevil, 
  and 
  the 
  snout 
  is 
  curved, 
  rather 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  thorax, 
  and 
  bent 
  on 
  the 
  chest 
  when 
  at 
  rest. 
  It 
  is 
  dark 
  brown, 
  

   spotted 
  with 
  white, 
  ochre-yellow 
  and 
  black, 
  and 
  the 
  surface 
  is 
  rough, 
  

   from 
  which 
  the 
  beetle, 
  as 
  Harris 
  says, 
  looks 
  like 
  a 
  dried 
  bud 
  when 
  

   shaken 
  from 
  the 
  tree. 
  When 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  set, 
  the 
  beetles 
  sting 
  the 
  

  

  