Insect Injury 



moth, grape moth ; raspberry beetle grub (rasp- 

 berry, blackberry, loganberry). 



10. Holing fruit : caterpillar of winter and other 

 moths (apple, pear, etc.) ; tomato moth ; garden 

 chafers ; wireworm, ground beetles (strawberries) 

 [N.B. — ^The last are also attacked by slugs, mille- 

 pedes, and birds], wasps, ants, earwigs. 



11. Parts of flowers devoured: garden chafers, 

 rose chafer, raspberry beetles (raspberries, etc., and 

 strawberries), mustard beetle, apple blosSom weevil ; 

 earwigs. 



12. Bark gnawed or buds eaten out : raspberry 

 or vine weevil. 



13. Upper or lower surface of leaf destroyed, and 

 leaf skeletonised or only one surface left: sawfly 

 larvae, e.g. pear and cherry, rose, spiraea. 



14. Leaf rolled on itself, or two or more leaves 

 fastened together by sUky threads : various cater- 

 pillars, especially of minute moths ; larvae of saw- 

 flies, e.g. rose ; leaf curling midge of pear. 



[N.B. — The rolling i* sometimes done by larvae, 

 sometimes it occurs as the result of egg- 

 laying ; the object in either case is to pro- 

 vide a shelter for the larvae and chrysalides . ] 



15. Tents of numerous sflky threads : cater- 

 pillars of lackey (various colours, in stripes), lesser 

 ermine moth (cream with black spots) ; etc. 



16. Borings into seed (especially peas and beans) 

 by beetles. 



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