. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. /?/.s'ec/,s- Injurious to tJte Apple. 123 pairs of siickev feet, exclusive of tlie anal pair, and by tlicir dull creauiY-white appearance. The damage to the interior of the fruits is very dilTei-ent from that of the Codling IMoth. The sawfly larva? eat out large cavities in the centre of the ajiple, and tliere is always a circular opening to the exterior even when the larv;r are quite small. The damage in the young fruit checks the growth and il soon falls, the lar
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. /?/.s'ec/,s- Injurious to tJte Apple. 123 pairs of siickev feet, exclusive of tlie anal pair, and by tlicir dull creauiY-white appearance. The damage to the interior of the fruits is very dilTei-ent from that of the Codling IMoth. The sawfly larva? eat out large cavities in the centre of the ajiple, and tliere is always a circular opening to the exterior even when the larv;r are quite small. The damage in the young fruit checks the growth and il soon falls, the larva' entering fresh fruitlets; when more mature fruit is attacked the whole of the interior is eaten out (Fig. '.I8) and a large black wet cavity is formed. ()ne oi- more lar\'a' may be found in the same. |/-'. E,},n,J,., . its.—.\i':.s i:.crKN nuT v\ .vi': ^awi' 'I'llf .illU nil I'inlit Shous r^it IimIu nf lulT;!. apple. The larva' enter the Iruit IVoui the tir^t infecteil fruitlet at any part of its surface', very fre(]uently they eat along the surface first and then enter or Ihey may pass on to the next fruitlet. The mark shown in Fig. 00 is due to this habit (A the sawHv larva, and much disfigures aiid often deforms the apples. It is a widely distrilnited insect, but only locally common. So far it has been recorded from Surre\', Kent, ISedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Kottiughanishire, Lincolnshire, jMiddlesex, Huntingdonshire, Hereford- •shire, and Lancashire, IManChester. Westwood (1) described an attack at 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 Theobald, Frederick Vincent, 1868-1930. Wye, Eng. : Frederick V. Theobald
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