. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. 20 Insect Pesls. Its food plants are the apple, phun, pear, hawtliorn, lilacktliorn, willow and sallow. Ljke-Histo];v axu Habits. The moth aitpears at the end of June and in -luly. It varies in length, the male being nuicli smaller than tlie female ; the latter is often OTf inches from wino; to wing, the male seldom more than '1\. The form is shown in Figure (J, page 21; the colours are rich l)ro\\-n, with irregular dark transverse scolloped lines, the posterior wi
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. 20 Insect Pesls. Its food plants are the apple, phun, pear, hawtliorn, lilacktliorn, willow and sallow. Ljke-Histo];v axu Habits. The moth aitpears at the end of June and in -luly. It varies in length, the male being nuicli smaller than tlie female ; the latter is often OTf inches from wino; to wing, the male seldom more than '1\. The form is shown in Figure (J, page 21; the colours are rich l)ro\\-n, with irregular dark transverse scolloped lines, the posterior wings very similar, and hoth pairs have scollopied edges. When at rest the under win^s o project in a characteiistic manner beneath the upper. The eggs (Fig. 4) are very marked. The larva' hatch in late summer and autumn, and liiliernate during the winter. Previous to this they moult once, and then remain ex- tended on a twig (Fig. .5) and assume the colour of the wood. The mature larva' reach over 4 inches in length, they are grey and grey-brown in colour with faint V-shaped dark marks or other indis- tinct ornamentation down the back ; always present, how- ever, are two beautiful deep blue or purple, velvety bauds across the segments next the head. Above the legs on each side and on all the segments is a row of lleshy pad-like appendages with long grey hairs, like lappets, and hence the name " Lappet ]\Iolh " ; there is a more or less prominent luunp on the last but one segment, and all the body is linely hairy (Fig. On). When mature in summer the caterpiliar a long oval cocoon, pointed at each end, in all 1 have seen, and of a mouse colour, hairs being mixed with the silk. This cocoon is spun up amongst the. [/â¢â . ]â¢:,!,. YuUNr, LAEY,\T. 'l'I/r j;EAPV FnH IH NTKI'.:.. 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 n
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