rATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 536 



Contribution from Bureau of Entomology 

 L. O. HOWARD, Chief 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



January 26, 1918 



EDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY 

 IN HAWAII 



By 



LCK, Entomologist, and C. E. PEMBERTON, 

 distant Entomologist, Mediterranean and 

 other Fruit-Fly Investigations 



CONTENTS 



Infestation .... 

 ! to Establishment in 



ids 



itions 



is 



Page 

 . 1 

 . 2 

 . 2 

 . 3 

 . 8 



Page 



Injury 16 



Methods of Spread 18 



Host Fruits . . . 21 



Fruits Erroneously Listed as Hosts . 22 



Proven Hosts in Hawaii ..... 24 



Life History and Description 49 



Seasonal History 75 



Natural Control • 77 



Artificial Control 101 



Summary 116 



<£2Qi 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1918 





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