LIFE HISTORY AND HABITS: THE ADULT. 
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Table LI. — Extent of feeding of each sex of the plum curculio during the season, Myrtle, 
Ga., 1906— Continued. 
Feeding punctures by males. 
Feeding punctures by 
females. 
Dates. 
Bee- 
tle 
No. 1. 
Bee- 
tle 
No. 2. 
Bee- Bee- Bee- Bee- Bee- 
tle 1 tie 1 tie tie tie 
No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. No. 7. 
Bee- 
tle 
No. 8. 
Bee- Bee- 
tle tie 
No. l. No. 2. 
Bee- Bee- 
tle I tie 
No. 3. No. 4. 
22 2 
22 7 
4 
2 7 
19 10 
15 4 
3 1 8 
3 5 
8 2 
1 
1 
2 
8 
15 
6 
16 
5 
17 
3 
18 
4 
3 
1 " 6 3 
8 
2 
19 
...... 
1 
4 
2 
5 
20 
9 
21 
9 
22 
3 
5 
l l 
5 
23 
8 
24 
5 
3 
3 
2 
10 
25 
3 
26. . . 
2 
2 
( 2 ) 
27 

5 
( 2 ) 
2 
28 
0) 
29 


30 

Julv 1 
6 7 1 
1 
3 
« 
4 
3 
6 1 
5 
4 
6 

rt 
....* 5 . :::::: 
3 
9 
3 
1 

12 
17 
0) 
18 
0) 
19 
<'> 
20 
0) 
:::::::::::: 
30 
8 

31 
(») 
Aug. 4 
0) 
(') 
369 
Total 
157 
186 . 210 54 , 127 81 102 1 86 
1 ! 1 1 1 1 
404 
361 288 
J Died. 
2 No record. 
The individual records show that the females feed more actively 
than the males. Most of the males had practically ceased feeding 
by June 11, although the females continued to feed freely during the 
rest of the month. The average number of feeding punctures per 
male, excluding Xo. 4, is 135.55, as compared with the average of 
355.50 for each female. 
OPERATION OF EGG LAYING. 
The process of egg laying of the plum curculio has excited the 
interest of many observers, and it has been frequently described. 
There is much variation in the statements as to time occupied, se- 
quence, and relative time of the various acts, etc. Many writers 
have not distinguished at all the separate steps involved, as, for 
example: 
As soon as the plums, peaches, cherries, and apples are sot the curculio commences 
operations, imprinting the familiar crescent and placing an egg inside. 
