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larve during the fall and winter before they reach the cambium. 
Old burrows will heal more quickly if cleaned out and properly 
dressed. 
5. ROUND-HEADED APPLE TREE BORER 
Family CERAMBYCID. Species Saperda candida Fabr. 
66. This is another of our native borers which is capable of 
doing a great amount of damage to many of our shade and orna- 
mental trees, as well as to the fruit from which it receives its com- 
mon name. In many sections it is so destructive to the apple 
Courtesy Connecticut Agr. Exp. Station. 
Fig. 5. 
Rounded-headed apple tree borer, and its work. 
Natural size. After W. E. Britton. 
trees that some class it next to the codling moth as being the 
most destructive of the insects affecting the apple. Its deeds are 
dark and consequently most of its work is done under cover of 
darkness, preventing any but the closest observers from becoming 
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