Report of the State Entomologist 



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Although A. fimetarius is recognized as a quite common beetle in 

 the Atlantic region, and in some other portions of the United States, 

 it has rarely come under my observation in this portion of New York 

 State. I have found it abundantly in the Adirondack mountains during 

 the month of July — at Lake Pleasant, at Keene Valley, and elsewhere. 

 Does it favor elevated localities ? 



Saperda Candida Fabr. 

 The Round-headed Apple-tree Borer. 

 In an excellent article on "Insect and Fungus Enemies, 



con- 



tributed to the Country Gentleman, of March 20, 1890, by Mr. Wood- 

 bridge Strong, of Middlesex county, N. J,, he has given in detail " a 

 simple, ready, and complete protection " from this destructive borer, 



Fig. 31.— The round-headed apple-tree borer, Sapebda Candida; a, the grub or larva: 



h, the pupa ; c, the imago or beetle. 



which, although not entirely a new method, has never before been 

 presented in so attractive a form, from its simplicity and assured 

 effectiveness. The writer is evidently convinced that it is the best of 

 all known methods of protection, and we are not disposed to question 

 his conclusions, so far, at least, as employed for nurseries and young 

 orchards. He has written as follows: 



It is well known that the borer never gets into the stem, otherwise 

 than as the result of an egg laid by the winged insect in a puncture 

 made by her in the bark, at or just above the ground surface, usually 

 in May or June. If that point is effectually covered against her at that 

 time every season, of course the egg never gets there, nor the conse- 

 quent boring worm. For this covering nothing is equal to a news- 

 paper or some other soft paper. 



Fold a newspaper into three or four thicknesses, remove the earth 

 at the foot of the tree two or three inches deep, and wrap the paper 

 from the bottom of the hole about the stem for at least a foot above 

 the ground, crushing the paper tightly in so as to fit all depressions 

 in the stock where the insect might creep under and down; tie all 

 tightly with a string frail enough to break when the stem shall expand 



