Insects injurious to fruits . -^ ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 313 Fig. 324 it is shown of the natural size, with some of thesegments magnified, showing the arrangement of the spineson the back and side. On reaching maturity, which is usually from the middleto the end of June, the larva leaves the bush, and, de-scending to the ground, penetrates beneath the surface, andthere constructs a little, oval, earthy cocoon, mixed witli silkyand glutinous matter. These cocoons are toughly made, andmay be taken out of the earth in which they are embedded,and even handled roughly, without much danger of dis-lodg
Insects injurious to fruits . -^ ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 313 Fig. 324 it is shown of the natural size, with some of thesegments magnified, showing the arrangement of the spineson the back and side. On reaching maturity, which is usually from the middleto the end of June, the larva leaves the bush, and, de-scending to the ground, penetrates beneath the surface, andthere constructs a little, oval, earthy cocoon, mixed witli silkyand glutinous matter. These cocoons are toughly made, andmay be taken out of the earth in which they are embedded,and even handled roughly, without much danger of dis-lodging the larvae. They remain within the cocoon for aconsiderable time unchanged, finally transforming to pupae,from which the flies escape early the following spring. These insects may be readily destroyed by syringing orsprinkling the bushes with water in which powdered helleborehas been mixed, in the proportion of an ounce of the powderto a pailful of water. No. 181.—The Raspberry Apatela. Apatela brumosa (Guen.) The cater
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