. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. THE LESSER PEAC'IF I'.ORER. 35 of the character of injury is especially good. From time to time it has been treated systematically and figured, or listed, and for such treatment reference should be made to the bibliography given at the close of this article. LIFE HISTORY AND HABITS. The winter is passed in various stages of larval development under the bark of the trunks of the trees. Upon the approach of warm wea-ther, and during warm spells in the winter in the South, the larvae feed, and as they reach full gro
. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. THE LESSER PEAC'IF I'.ORER. 35 of the character of injury is especially good. From time to time it has been treated systematically and figured, or listed, and for such treatment reference should be made to the bibliography given at the close of this article. LIFE HISTORY AND HABITS. The winter is passed in various stages of larval development under the bark of the trunks of the trees. Upon the approach of warm wea-ther, and during warm spells in the winter in the South, the larvae feed, and as they reach full growth construct cocoons and pupate (in March and Ai:)ril in Georgia and Maryland, resi^ectively). About a month afterwards the moths begin to emerge and mate, and the females at once commence to deposit their eggs along the tree trunks. On account of the uncMjua] development of the hibernating larva^, the period of pupation and subse- quent emergence of the adults lasts for several months. The eggs hatch a f t e r about ten days, and the young larvae en- ter the bark through crevices and begin to feed. In Georgia, in the course of several months, these larva; p-m. lo.—The lesser peach borer (Sijnanthcdon pictipes): a, Adult: reach full ?'"rOWth and ''• outline of e^ss; c, larva; d, pupa; e, cocoon and pupal skin. '^ (;) pupate, and the re- sulting moths establish another generation in the earh' fall, which hibernates as larva\ The two generations are considerably mixed. The seasonal history of this borer is therefore very unlike that of the peach borer. It differs markedly in the fact of a partial second generation, and the further fact of early spring pupation. The ecjcj.—The ^^j^g (fig. 10, &) is a small, compressed, elliptical- oval, reddish-brown object, similar in general to the eggs of the peach borer and other members of the family /Kgeriida\ It har- monizes in color Avith the bark of the trees upon which it is deposited, and on this account i
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