. Insect pests and plant diseases : containing remedies and suggestions recommended for adoption by farmers, fruit-growers, and gardeners of the province . Pests; Fungal diseases of plants; Insect pests. (a), Nest of larva on outside of tree, under the old bark ; (6), pupa ; (c), larva exposed from nest; (cZ), old nest; (e), larva about to build nest; (/), the moth at rest; ((]), moth with wings spread ; CODLIN MOTH. (h), head of larva. {Oarpocapsa pomonella.) The puncture made by the moth is represented at (b), the borings of the larva at (a), the mature worm at (e), the moth with wings close
. Insect pests and plant diseases : containing remedies and suggestions recommended for adoption by farmers, fruit-growers, and gardeners of the province . Pests; Fungal diseases of plants; Insect pests. (a), Nest of larva on outside of tree, under the old bark ; (6), pupa ; (c), larva exposed from nest; (cZ), old nest; (e), larva about to build nest; (/), the moth at rest; ((]), moth with wings spread ; CODLIN MOTH. (h), head of larva. {Oarpocapsa pomonella.) The puncture made by the moth is represented at (b), the borings of the larva at (a), the mature worm at (e), the moth with wings closed at (/), the moth with wings expanded at (g), and the cocoon at (i); {d), the chrysalis, and (h), the anterior part of the body magnified. This pest {Carpocapsa pomonella) continues to be reported from different portions of the Province, and although no specimens have been as yet positively identified as occurring on Codlin Moth or ^^^^^ grown in the Province, larva; have been found in apples which at least Apple Worm. '**'^ ^^'7 similar in appearance. Codlin moth appears in infested pears and apples as a reddish white grup or worm. The larva is whitish when young, but becomes pinkish or flesh coloured as it approaches full growth. When young the head is blackish, but in the full grown larva it is brown, with darker markings along the sutures. The shield on the back of the first segment is of the same colour as the head. The body is furnished with a few very small hairs, which arise from minute elevated points, of which there are eight on each segment, two on the back, each side of the middle line, and a somewhat larger one above and below each spiracle. The full-grown larva is f of an inch in length. The cocoon is white inside and grayish outside, usually covered somewhat with bits of bark or minute fragments of whatever substance the worm happens to spin on. The enclosed pupa is yellowish brown, with rows of minute teeth on the back of the abdomen. The moth is grayish brown
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