CONSPICUOUS WORMS FEEDING ON THE FRUIT 3825 
The Green Fruit Worm (Xylina antennata Walk.) 
Occasionally the voung fruits of apple, pear, or strawberry are eaten 
into by light-colored naked caterpillars, faintly striped with yellow. 
Usually the worms eat shallow, irregular 
holes in the sides of the fruit. 
Fig. 500.—Apples injured by Green Fruit Fie. 501.—A Green Fruit 
Worms. Original. Worm. Original. 
They are seldom found in orchards that are sprayed early in the sea- 
son, especially if arsenical sprays are applied to the buds before blooming 
time. When injuring fruit, 
the worms may be jarred 
from the trees and killed. It 
is difficult to poison them at 
this time, because they are 
nearly full grown and are 
resistant to arsenicals; there 
fore spraying the fruit with 
poisons is not likely to be Fic. 502.— Adult of a Green Fruit Worm, 
satisfactory. Xylina laticinerea. Original. 
