REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1916 49 



An examination by the writer and Mr Buchholz on July 20th 

 of an orchard belonging to Mr Samuel Smith, Albion, and located 

 about 1 \ miles west on the state road, showed codling moth eggs, 

 mostly in the black stage, and small numbers of egg shells. The 

 total infestation was estimated at that time as approximately 3 per 

 cent. There were very few or no recently deposited eggs. There 

 were a few more codling moth eggs to be found in Mr Wellman's 

 orchard at Kendall than in Mr Snyder's orchard at Albion, though 

 by no means so many as in Mr Smith's orchard, and here likewise 

 the eggs were mostly in the black stage or had hatched. 



An examination the same day in Mr W. H. Cowper's orchard, 

 Newfane, showed relatively few codling moth eggs and most of 

 these had hatched; some, however, were in the red or black stage 

 and a few had been recently deposited. One moth was seen and a 

 nearly full-grown larva and several half -grown larvae were found in 

 apples. These were undoubtedly from the earlier deposited eggs. 

 The two check trees of last year showed an apparently greater 

 infestation than elsewhere. 



On July 2 2d an examination by Mr Strickland of 191 apples in 

 a Lockport orchard resulted in finding no eggs and four egg shells. 

 There were no side entrances. On July 24th, at Wright's Station 

 Mr Strickland examined 38 apples on one branch and found four 

 eggs, no egg shells and only one entrance, and a search of 171 leaves 

 on the same branch disclosed but one egg and one egg shell. Further- 

 more, an examination of 342 apples from 25 branches in the same 

 orchard resulted in finding six egg shells and only one egg. The 

 next day in an Akron orchard he examined 303 apples and found one 

 fresh egg, and in another orchard 182 apples showed no evidences of 

 oviposition. The relatively large number of eggs found upon the 

 fruit is probably to be explained by the large size and smoothness 

 of the apples at the time the moths were ovipositing, since observa- 

 tions June 2 2d in a Hilton orchard showed that the Baldwins had 

 a diameter of one-half to three-fourths of an inch and were still 

 decidedly fuzzy, though this latter must have disappeared some 

 time before there was any considerable egg laying. 



Observations at Wright's Station August 1st, by Mr Strickland, 

 of 779 apples resulted in finding one egg, fourteen egg shells and 

 nine side entrances, indicating that oviposition had practically 

 stopped although it had extended over as long a period as in 19 13. 

 On the 1 6th in the E. S. Gifford orchard at Gasport, and the R. E. 

 Heard orchard at Lockport, a few larvae were leaving the apples to 

 pupate, and on the 17th the first larva spinning a cocoon was 

 observed by Mr Strickland at Barker. On August 2 2d many larvae 



