COLEOPTEEA OK BEETLES. 



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They hibernate in the adult condition under the bark of apple 

 and other trees, &c., coming out in the spring about the time the 



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Fto. 57. — Apple-Blossom V^eevlIi (Anthoiwmns 'i^omorum). 

 i, Larva ; ii, adult ; iii, pupa. 



blossom-buds are commencing to expfind. The female then 

 bores a hole into the expanding bud by means of her spatulate 

 rostrum, which has a pair 

 of sharp biting mandibles 

 at the tip, and then de- 

 posits an egg in the hole 

 she has formed. The 

 maggot hatched from this 

 ovum remains feeding in 

 the blossom, which does 

 not open (fig. 58, ii), 

 and which soon becomes 

 brown and withered, and 

 readily shakes off and falls 



to the ground. Pupation takes place in the dead blossom, the 

 weevil eating its way out when mature. Sometimes the blossoms 



Fra. 58. — Apple-Blossoms damaged by Apple 

 Weevil (Antlw/mmiis pomorum). 



i, Showing liole of escape of adult ; ii, larva in 

 situ. 



