MAGGOTS FEEDING WITHIN THE FRUIT b45 
drop. Pigs, sheep, or cattle will often accomplish this to good advan- 
tage. Chickens will hunt out and destroy many of the pup in the soil. 
Fic. 542.— Burrows of the Apple Maggot, show- 
ing through skin of fruit. Original. 
The Cherry Fruit Maggot (Rhagoletis cingulata Loew.) 
Small, whitish, footless maggots about one third of an inch long are 
found in the pulp of ripening cherries, where they tunnel about, causing 
decayed cavities. The adult is a 
small fly with barred wings. Eggs 
are laid under the skin of the 
a 
Fic. 543. — Adult of the Cherry Fruit Fig. 544.—The Cherry Fruit Mag- 
Maggot, enlarged and natural size. got. Larve, enlarged and natural 
Original. size. Original. 
