. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. // 248 FESTS OF OECHARL AXD SMALL FEl'ITS The Peach Twig-moth {Ariarsia Uneatella Zell.) In the spring, about the time of blooinmg of peach trees, terminal clusters of leaves here and there wilt, and the twigs soon die. Close examination win show that a tiny borer has been at work in the twigs, eating out the inner substance for an inch or so. or dig- ging out a hole in one side. The lar^'a itself, if discovered, win be found to be quite small, with a dark head and dark terminal segment. Shortly the httle gra
. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. // 248 FESTS OF OECHARL AXD SMALL FEl'ITS The Peach Twig-moth {Ariarsia Uneatella Zell.) In the spring, about the time of blooinmg of peach trees, terminal clusters of leaves here and there wilt, and the twigs soon die. Close examination win show that a tiny borer has been at work in the twigs, eating out the inner substance for an inch or so. or dig- ging out a hole in one side. The lar^'a itself, if discovered, win be found to be quite small, with a dark head and dark terminal segment. Shortly the httle graj- moths, expand- ing about half an inch, are about, and a second brood is on the way. Later there is stiU another brood. The lan"£e of these later generations often work in the young fruit, causing drops of gum to exude. The winter is passed as a liidden away in a little chamber just under the outer bark, in the axil of a new shoot or bud. To control, spray with lime sulphur, at the time that the buds are first swelUng. so as to kill the larva within its winter home. If this treatment is omitted, spray with arsenate of lead. -1 pounds to 50 gallons of water, just as the. Fig. 32S. - ^\ ork of the Peach Twig-moth. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original O'Kane, Walter Collins, b. 1877. New York : The Macmillan Company
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