THE CODLING MOTH IN THE OZAEKS. 



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In the 1908 band record the smaller size of the second brood as 

 compared with the first is due to the fact that the very small crop of 

 apples became so infested that they fell from the trees before a large 

 number of the later larvae had matured. For the same reason the 



Fig. 3.— Curve showing band record of 1908. 



third brood is not represented. The record was not begun in time 

 to include the earliest larvae, which had begun to leave the fruit 

 May 24. 



A band record made in 1908 by Mr. F. W. Faurot (figs. 4 and 5) 

 at Anderson, Mo., 40 miles north of Siloam Springs, is interesting 



June June 

 iz 20 



June 

 30 



Jl 



July July July /lug, Jlug. ^ug.Jlug. rfug % 



Fig. 4.— Curve showing band record from 6 Jonathan apple trees, made at Anderson, Mo., in 1908, by 



Mr. F. W. Faurot. 



as showing the effect of spraying. The record was made on un- 

 sprayed trees in a sprayed orchard. Since the banded trees were 

 themselves not sprayed, the size of the first brood of larvae shown 

 in the band record was not affected. But the spraying of the re- 

 mainder of the orchard, and the killing of all larvae and pupae taken 



