Insects in the Garden 
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in large numbers, in the case of Dahlias, by placing small 
flower pots containing a little moss on the top of stakes, 
the flower pots being inverted. The Earwigs, after feed- 
ing on the buds, make their way up the stake and hide 
among the moss. The pots should be looked over regu- 
larly and the insects destroyed. For Chrysanthemums 
the same means may be adopted, or small pieces of the 
hollow stems of beans may be laid about on the pots. 
The insects will hide in these and can thus easily be 
destroyed. The tops of Chrysanthemum plants should 
be carefully looked over, for the Earwigs will often try 
to hide among the crowded leaves at the top. Earwigs 
keep in hiding during the day and come out to feed at 
night. 
Codlin Moth. — This is one of the worst insects in 
the garden, causing a great amount of injury to the Apple 
crop. The moth is about f in. across the wings from tip 
to tip. It is of a light-grey colour, with copper-coloured 
markings. The perfect insects appear in early summer. 
The females lay their eggs in the young fruit, generally 
one in the eye of each apple. In a short time these 
are hatched, and a small white maggot is produced, which 
commences to eat its way into the apple, going right 
through to the other side, making a hole in the skin, 
but afterwards returning to the core of the apple. The 
maggot feeds for some time on the pips. Thus it is 
that the apples drop prematurely. If one of these apples 
is picked up, and cut through, the maggot is often found 
inside, and its passage through the apple is easily traced. 
Soon after the apple falls, the maggot makes its way 
out of it and crawls to the trunk of the tree. There it 
