Insects Injurious io the Apple. 



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Aviiigs have also a similar greenisli tinge. The ahdoiiuni is ol' 



somewhat siiuihu- hue and crested, \\'itli two more or less darker 



spots near the back. It appears in May, June and July. The 



female places her eggs on the fruit trees and they remain there all 



the winter. In spring the \.w\\v appear and enter the opening liuds. 



The caterpillar is pale yellowish-green with a rusty-red line down 



the back, the divisions between the 



segments I'eddish and a line at the 



sides of a yellowish-green. Tiio dorsal 



line varies in colour and size ; some 



have it Ijroad, others narrow or almost 



absent, sometimes it is dark green, at 



others almost purple. These larvic 



are most noticeable in April and Way 



and are all mature by early June. 



They then fall to the ground and 



pupate in a cocoon of earth. The ]>upa is deep red at the tail end, 



the thorax and wiug cases vellow, tinned with olive. 



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TitEATJIEXT. 



Early spraying arsenate of lead. The same spraying used for 

 Winter Moth should suffice. It may be pointed out that if tliese 

 caterpillars are in excess grease-banding need not be persisted in. 



Reference. 



(1) Carpenter, G. H. Injurious Insects and Other Animals observed in 

 Ireland during the j'ear 1905. Eco. rroc. Eoyal Dublin Society, vol. I., 

 pt. 8, p. 3.51 (190b). 



THE CODLING MOTH. 



(C'lifpocdjisii iioiiioiirlhi . Linn.) 



Everyone knows a maggoty apple and avoids it unless they can 

 get no otlier. Ve\Y people, except fruit-growers and gardeners, know 

 anything of the cause, however. The " maggot '' is the caterpillar 

 of a small moth, one of the Ci(rjKicapsi(]a\v^\iOBQ larva; live in fruits or 

 seeds. If we turn the Codling Maggot over on its back Ave shall see 

 that below are legs, these are of two kinds, the first six are horny 

 and pointed, and then in tlie middle of the body are four pairs which 

 axe soft and fleshy " false legs," and there is another pair behind. 

 Thus the Codling Maggot is a true caterpillar, like that of the Cabbage 

 White Butterfly. It is very important for growers to notice this, as 



