INJURIOUS INSECTS 
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(Fig. 9) about as large as a common house fly, but 
of a yellowish brown color, and has smoky patches 
on its wings. The ovipositor is very sharp at the 
tip so that the fly is able to puncture the tough, 
smooth skin of the fruit and place the egg in the 
ju-icy pulp beneath. 
The berries lie upon the ground for a number 
of days after falling before the maggots escape 
from them. So there is, at least, one method of 
combating this insect, and that is to carefully 
gather and destroy all infested fallen berries, be¬ 
fore the maggots leave them to enter the ground 
for the purpose of undergoing their transforma¬ 
tions. 
No flies were reared last season from infested 
berries that were kept in breeding cages and none 
of the flies were seen late in the season, so there 
is but one brood of this insect in a year.* 
*The flies are now (May 1) appearing in the cages where infested berries were 
placed last June. 
