. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insccl.^ f to llic A j)j)l/'. 95 il])lr(.'S : rullllcl processes sei,;ivate luid (U\iT-iiiu- onlwanls, liairy at then the eyes are hhiek aud the wiun- cases and le-s Ljiio-, tli pointed This stage L'lsls from t\\(i to tlirec weeks, the iiiutlis eiiierginn- li'iim tlie eiiil nf June into mid August. 'I'lie pn]ia' iiia.\- sometimes he seen [iroject- iug fi'oni the dead sh(jot. Now and again tlie i-ed larva' lea\'e the shonfs and ]>npate amongst tlie de
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insccl.^ f to llic A j)j)l/'. 95 il])lr(.'S : rullllcl processes sei,;ivate luid (U\iT-iiiu- onlwanls, liairy at then the eyes are hhiek aud the wiun- cases and le-s Ljiio-, tli pointed This stage L'lsls from t\\(i to tlirec weeks, the iiiutlis eiiierginn- li'iim tlie eiiil nf June into mid August. 'I'lie pn]ia' iiia.\- sometimes he seen [iroject- iug fi'oni the dead sh(jot. Now and again tlie i-ed larva' lea\'e the shonfs and ]>npate amongst tlie dead lea\es. TJie niiiinle difCerences of the larva' aud pupa' of the two species have not yet lieen made out. Mr. W. Bear says tlie attack lieeomes e^'ident al Hailslaim in May (:.'>). riJKVKNTIN'K ifE.\sri;i':s. It is quite ohviiius thai there can lie no remedy for tills jiest, hut \\i' can do niucli in tlie way of pre- vention hy hand-picking the dead .shoots hefore the moths emerge in June. This can onl)' he done, of course, where small trees are attacked, and it usually haiiju/ns that it is oid\- on such trees that the attack takes place, hut 1 have known large hush trees attacked. The larvte may he killed hy cutting- olf attacked parts in winter, easily told hy tlie characters ]ire\-iously gi\'en {rii/c Fig. 84). Late sjiraying with arsenate of lead might prove beneficial, as it would kill the young lar\;e, wdrich seem to feed first of all on the leaves. < )t course, care must be taken in regard to the fruit. Tlie trees should be washed as socm as the fruit is liarvested ; a ]iea\ y spraying shouhi be gi\'en. The time to spray therefore must depend on the variety of apple concerned. This is certainly worth gi\'ing a fair trial, as beyond. Vi;m iiF I'JTU 3ln US .\NIi II' 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 re
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