98 THE PLUM CURCULIO. 
EXTENT OF FEEDING OF THE RESPECTIVE SEXES. 
The extent to which feeding is done by the respective sexes of the 
curculio during their lives is shown in Table LI. Individuals of 
each sex were separately confined and each beetle supplied daily 
with 4 wild plums, examinations of the fruit being made daily. 
Table LI. — Extent of feeding of each sex of the plum curculio during the season, Myrtle, 
Ga., 1906. 
Feeding punctures by males. 
Feeding punctures by 
females. 
Dates. 
Bee- 
tle 
No. 1. 
Bee- 
tle 
No. 2. 
Bee- 
tle 
No. 3. 
Bee- 
tle 
No. 4. 
Bee- 
tle 
No. 5. 
Bee- 
tle 
No. 6. 
Bee- 
tle 
No. 7. 
Bee- 
tle 
No. 8. 
Bee- 
tle 
No. 1. 
Bee- 
tle 
No. 2. 
Bee- 
tle 
No. 3. 
Bee- 
tle 
No. 4. 
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13 
1 Died. 
2 Escaped. 
