LIFE HISTORY AND HABITS: THE ADULT. 
103 
EGG AND FEEDING PUNCTURES: POSITION ON FRUIT AND VARIATION 
IN FORM. 
The position of the egg puncture on the young fruit, as would be 
surmised from observations on the process of oviposition, is deter- 
mined in a general way by the part affording the beetles the best 
anchorage for their feet during the work of excavating the puncture 
and crescent. This position will vary according to the age of the 
fruit, and also according to the kind, as whether plum, peach, apple, 
or other species. Some data were secured by Messrs. Girault and 
Rosenfeld as to the location of egg and feeding punctures, which are 
set forth in Tables LII to LIV. In the case of the peach, it proved 
to be difficult to separate positively the two forms of punctures, and 
these are considered under the same heading. 
Table LII. — Location of egg and feeding punctures of the plum curculio on wild plums 
Myrtle, Ga., 1906. 
Fruits examined. 
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3 
p. 
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W 
Location of egg punc- 
tures on fruit. 
g 
3 
O 
a 
3 
P. 
bfi 
c 
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CP 
Location of feeding 
punctures on fruit. 
Dates of examinations. 
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3 
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1 
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3 
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Apr. 9 
200 
100 
100 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
25 
50 
Tree 
...do 
...do 
Ground . . . 
Tree 
Ground . . . 
...do 
Tree 
Ground . . . 
Tree 
...do 
Ground . . . 
Tree 
22 
48 
55 
43 
76 
101 
52 
73 
102 
48 
62 
58 
42 
782 
22 
45 
49 
32 
36 
45 
13 
4 
17 
11 
8 
2 
2 
286 
11 
21 
3 
14 
5 
10 
6 
4 
5 
7 
3 
6 
3 
98 
2 
8 
.... 
3 
.... 
1 
4 
6 
1 
4 
1 
3 
6 
1 
.... 
? 
13 
2 
3 
4 
14 
21 
8 
3 
5 
8 
1 
1 
2 
72 
1 
3 
3 
19 
17 
25 
51 
46 
18 
34 
.45 
17 
279 
i 
20 
22 
l 
2 
8 
2 
2 
14 
8 
14 
7 
18 
76 
3 
5 
10 
4 
13 
20 
'3 
5 
3 
3 
69 
8 
30 
1 
30.... 
q 
May 8 
6 
8... 
1 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
*2 
13 
9 
31 
9 
31 
4 
June 6 
1 
6 
5 
11 
1 
14 
8 
21 
• Total. 
875 
42 
Table LIII. — Location of egg and feeding punctures of the plum curculio, Myrtle, 
Ga., 1906. 
KIEFFER PEAR. 
Fruits examined. 
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3 
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3 
£. 
bfi 
to 
a 
Location of egg punc- 
tures on fruit. 
c/5 
3 

a 
3 
C 
bfi 
a 
1 
Location of feeding 
punctures on fruit. 
Dates of examinations. 
s 
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3 
From— 
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2 
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1 
2 
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5 
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5 
1 
2 
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a 
Apr. 9 
200 
100 
100 
100 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
Tree 
Ground... 
Tree 
Ground... 
Tree 
Ground... 
Tree 
Ground. .. 
Tree 
16 
3 
20 
7 
40 
9 
26 
•J_> 
Id 
159 
s 
2 
13 
7 
21 
3 
11 
12 
8 
88 
2 
'3' 
6 
1 
4 
9 
5 
15 
8 
3 
1 
8 
12 
16 
77 
1 
5 
2 
11 
6 
3 
1 
6 
S 
6 
45 
3 
9 
1 
13 
2 
13 
2 
20 
4 
"% 
7 
a 
24 
12 
3 
3 
2 
4 
35 
20 
"3" 
3 
3 
3 
1 
•j 
9 
May 2 
a 
4 
l 
2 
6 
•j 
3 3 
31 
1 5 
Total 
810 
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