The Life of the Weevil 
when the more precocious have taken their 
places one by one in the leguminous larder? 
Do they succumb to the intolerant teeth of 
the early occupants? Theydoneither. Let 
us set forth the facts. 
On all old peas, now dry, from which the 
adult Weevil has issued, leaving a gaping 
hole, the magnifying-glass reveals a varying 
number of fine, reddish-brown dots, perfor- 
ated at the centre. What are these spots, 
of which I count five or six or even more on 
a single pea? ‘There is no mistake possible: 
they are the entrance-points of so many 
grubs. Several workers have therefore 
penetrated into the seed; and of the whole 
gang only one has survived, waxed big and 
fat and attained the adult age. And the 
others? We shall see. 
At the end of May and in June, during 
the laying-season, inspect the still green and 
tender peas. Nearly all the seeds invaded 
show us the multiple dots which we already 
observed on the dry peas abandoned by the 
Weevils. Does this actually mean an 
assembly of guests? Yes. Skin the afore- 
said seeds, separate the seed-lobes, subdivide 
them if necessary. We discover several 
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