LIFE HISTOEY AND HABITS: THE EGG. 
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At Barnes ville, Ga., during 1910 the length of the egg stage under 
out-of-doors conditions was determined for different lots of eggs ; 
during April, May, June, and July, including a total of 445 eggs, all 
as shown in Table XVII. 
Table XVII. — Length of egg stage of the plum curculio, Barnesville, Ga., 1910. 
Eggs 
under 
obser- 
vation 
Date 
of 
deposition. 
Eggs hatching in specified days from deposition. 
Total 
egg 
days. 
3 
8J 
4 
4i 
5 
5* 
6 
6i 
7 
7J 
8 
8i 
9 
H 
10 
10! 
11 
in 
12 
m 
13 
W. 
33 
43 
93 
169 
Apr. 8 
Apr. 9 
Apr. 11 
Tota 
May 9 
May 10 
May 12 
May 17 
May 18 
May 19 
May 21 
May 23 
May 25 
May 26 
May 27 
Tota 
June 16 
June 17 
June 18 
June 20 
June 22 
June 23 
June 24 
June 25 
June 27 
June 28 
June 29 
June 30 
5 
7 
9 
12 
8 
7 
18 
1 
1 
i" 
1 
262.5 
381.0 
1,018.5 
3 
3 
3 
32 
44 
14 
.' _ __'__._ .'..... ..'... 
1,662.0 
, 
10 
14 
19 
2 
3 
14 
32 
2 
13 
45 
11 
1 
5 
1(1 
Y 
3 
7 
2 
2 
85.0 
110.5 
140.5 
10.0 
13.5 
62.0 
134. 5 
10. 5 
61.0 
198.0 
49.5 
1 
5 
2 
3 
8 
3 
4 
24 
2 
5 
1 
5 
1 
8 
24 
11 
17 
4 
165 
. ... 
875. 
1 
1 
3 
2 
1 
1 
o 
3 
6 
2 
5 
1 
"i" 
1 
3.5 
3.0 
11.5 
8.0 
3.5 
4.0 
6.0 
11.0 
21.5 
7.0 
22.0 
3.5 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
\ 
1 
2 
3 
i" 
l 
1 
2 
1 
3 
1 
28 
Total 
July 1 
July 3 
July 4 
July 6 
July 7 
July 12 
July 14 
July 15 
Julv IS 
July 20 
Total 
i i i i 
104.5 
1 
2 
17 
18 
9 
6 
10 
10 
8 
1 
— I— 
4.0 
9.0 
8.0 
54.0 
64.5 
27.0 
19.0 
40.0 
47.0 
33.5 
2 
ii" 
i 
9 
4 
6 
13 
2 
4 
2 
5 
2 
1 
6 
2 
2 
4 
1 
1 
4 
83 
i i 
306. 
Average length of egg stage for April da vs. . 9.83 
Average length of egg stage for May do. . . . 5. 30 
Average length of egg stage for June do 3.73 
A verage length of egg stage for July do 3.68 
Average length of egg stage for season do 6. 63 
The gradual decrease in the length of the egg stage following the 
rising temperature is well shown, dropping from the average, 9.83 
days, for April to 3.68 days for July. The average for the four 
months is 6.62 days. 
Table XVTTT gives a summary of the preceding data. There is 
seen to be a range of from 2\ days to 13$ days for the different 
localities, the averages varying from 3.77 to 9.23 days. 
