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THE PLUM CURCULIO. 
Table XXVIII. — Length of time spent in fruit by the plum curculio (egg and larval stages 
combined), Myrtle, Ga., 1906. 
Eggs 
de- 
pos- 
ited. 
Date of 
egg depo- 
sition. 
Mature 
larvse 
devel- 
oped. 
Larva? leaving fruit in specified days from deposition of eggs. 
Total 
egg 
and 
larval 
days in 
fruit. 
11 
12 
13 14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 '25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
9 
■ 21 
(?) 
(?) 
(?) 
15 
14 
7 
12 
13 
6 
7 
14 
1G 
16 
14 
12 
11 
20 
11 
8 
5 
4 
7 
5 
10 
6 
13 
Apr. 19 
Apr. 21 
Apr. 23 
Apr. 26 
Apr. 27 
Total. 
4 
, 
1 
1 
4 
3 
7 
5 
2 
2 
2 
. 1 
3 ... 
1 
2 
1 

3 
1 
1 

23 
. 
3 4 
2 
4 
4 3 
1 
1 
1 
1|- 
395 
May 1 
May 7 
Mav 8 
May '.i 
May 10 
Mr, 11 
Mav 13 
May 14 
Mav 15 
Mav 16 
Mav 17 
Mav IS 
May r> 
Mav 20 
Mav 21 
May 22 
Mav 2-', 
Mav 24 
Mav 25 
May 26 
10 
11 
? 
8 
10 
9 
6 

6 
6 
3 
2 
5 
4 
2 
2 
2 
1 
2 
4 
1 
1 
I 
1 
3 1 
... 4 
2 1 
1 ... 
... 1 
... 1 
1 1 
2 
1 
2 




2 
1 
"i" 
1 
...!... 


i 
1 
3 
"i" 
2 

::::::: 
1 
2 
3 
... 1 
"i" 
1 
2 

1 
... 2 
9 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 ' 
I 
2 
"2" 
1 
1 
1 
i 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
i 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
... 1 
i 
i 
. ... 
1 
8 
9 29 
16 17 7 
11 
5 
2 
Total. 
116 
1 
... 5 
1 2 
1 
1 
2,112 
June 2 
June 8 
June 17 
4 ... 
3 ... 
1 ... 
1 2 
... 2 
1 
... 1 
1 
9 
4 
... 3 
... 
... 
Tola]. 
16 ...L.| 2 4 
5 
... 4 
I 
248 


Tot 
A 
a 
al . for 
pril. May, 
id June.. 
5 13 
13 
11 37 
20 20 8 
11 
6 
3 
1 
2 
... 2 
) 
1 
2,755 
Average time in fruit for April days. . 17. 17 
Average time in fruit for May do'. . . . 18. 21 
Average time in fruit for June do 16. 13 
Average time in fruit for April, May, and June do 17. SI 
A total of 155 larva? emerged, the time spent in the fruit varying 
from 11 to 30 days, with an average for the period of 17.81 days. 
Table XXIX gives observations on 411 larva3 reaching maturity 
during Ma}^, June, and July, at Siloam Springs, Ark., in 1908. The 
fruit used was peach. 
