. Circular. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. Circular No. 3. May 1907 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. THE APPLE MAGGOT OR RAILROAD WORM Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh). BY C. E. HOOD, B. S. This insect pest is a native of America and first began to attract attention because of its injury to apples about 1867. It originally fed upon the hawthorn, but unfortunately for fruit-growers has acquired the habit of feeding on the apple though contrary to the original belief, it does not restrict itself to early varieties, but is found on both early and late kinds. It was first noticed injuring
. Circular. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. Circular No. 3. May 1907 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. THE APPLE MAGGOT OR RAILROAD WORM Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh). BY C. E. HOOD, B. S. This insect pest is a native of America and first began to attract attention because of its injury to apples about 1867. It originally fed upon the hawthorn, but unfortunately for fruit-growers has acquired the habit of feeding on the apple though contrary to the original belief, it does not restrict itself to early varieties, but is found on both early and late kinds. It was first noticed injuring fruit trees in Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut. It is now found from Maine to North Carolina and also in some of the western states as Minnesota and The apple-maggot much enlarged, a, adult male fly; 3, adult female fly; t, maggot. Fine lines show the true size of these stages. The adult of the Apple-maggot is a two-winged fly, somewhat similar to the common house fly, but smaller. It is easily recog- nized by its general black color, yellowish head and legs, dark feet, three pairs of white bands across the abdomen and four black bands. 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 Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station; Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Special circular. Amherst
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