Insccl.^ f 



iijiiriou.s to llic A j)j)l/'. 



95 



il])lr(.'S : 

 rullllcl 



processes sei,;ivate luid (U\iT-iiiu- onlwanls, liairy at then 



the eyes are hhiek aud the wiun- cases and le-s Ljiio-, tli 



pointed This stage L'lsls 



from t\\(i to tlirec weeks, 



the iiiutlis eiiierginn- li'iim 



tlie eiiil nf June into mid 



August. 'I'lie pn]ia' iiia.\- 



sometimes he seen [iroject- 



iug fi'oni the dead sh(jot. 



Now and again tlie i-ed 



larva' lea\'e the shonfs 



and ]>npate amongst tlie 



dead lea\es. TJie niiiinle 



difCerences of the larva' 



aud pupa' of the two 



species have not yet lieen 



made out. 



Mr. W. Bear says tlie 

 attack lieeomes e^'ident al 

 Hailslaim in May (:.'>). 



riJKVKNTIN'K ifE.\sri;i':s. 



It is quite ohviiius thai 

 there can lie no remedy 

 for tills jiest, hut \\i' can 

 do niucli in tlie way of pre- 

 vention hy hand-picking 

 the dead .shoots hefore the 



moths emerge in June. This can onl)' he done, of course, where 

 small trees are attacked, and it usually haiiju/ns that it is oid\- on 

 such trees that the attack takes place, hut 1 have known large 

 hush trees attacked. The larvte may he killed hy cutting- olf 

 attacked parts in winter, easily told hy tlie characters ]ire\-iously 

 gi\'en {rii/c Fig. 84). 



Late sjiraying with arsenate of lead might prove beneficial, as it 

 would kill the young lar\;e, wdrich seem to feed first of all on the 

 leaves. < )t course, care must be taken in regard to the fruit. Tlie 

 trees should be washed as socm as the fruit is liarvested ; a ]iea\ y 

 spraying shouhi be gi\'en. 



The time to spray therefore must depend on the variety of apple 

 concerned. This is certainly worth gi\'ing a fair trial, as beyond 



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