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OBSERVATIONS UPON 
I HE PEA-WEEVIL. (Bruchus pisi Linn.) 
I have never before seen this insect so enor¬ 
mously abundant as it was in this vicinity last sum¬ 
mer. From'the examination of peas in gardens and 
in the stores in Fort Collins, it was evident that those 
who ate of this favorite vegetable here last sum¬ 
mer must have devoured more maggots of the pea 
weevil than peas. It was not uncommon to find 
pods with thirty or forty eggs of the weevil upon 
them and by the time that the peas were fully 
grown nearly every seed would be infested. 
The eggs are yellowish brown in color, rather 
elongate, somewhat curved and very small, though 
they can be plainly seen scattered over the green 
pods. The little grubs, on hatching from the eggs, 
burrow through the pods and can often be seen as 
minute yellow objects crawling over the peas before 
entering them. >n eating their way into the peas 
they leave small holes appearing as the punctures 
of a fine needle. Very soon after one enters a pea 
there appears a dark green blotch about the punct- 
ute that is very noticeable. 
“Buggy” peas can easily be detected, either by 
the eggs upon the outside of the pods or by the 
