. Report on the injurious and other insects of the State of New York. h] there will be no weevils worthy of notice. Theeggs previously laid do not exist on the grains, but on the chaff orshuck, in which they are inclosed, and upon hatching, the maggotsmust perish for want of food. As io the case of corn, the wheat is notexposed to subsequent layings except on the grain at the surface ofthe bulk. But evidently the best reliance is to be placed upon the destructionof the egg-bearing moths in the granaries in the early summer beforeharvest. The Augouuiois Moth Destroyed by a Mite. Several years a
. Report on the injurious and other insects of the State of New York. h] there will be no weevils worthy of notice. Theeggs previously laid do not exist on the grains, but on the chaff orshuck, in which they are inclosed, and upon hatching, the maggotsmust perish for want of food. As io the case of corn, the wheat is notexposed to subsequent layings except on the grain at the surface ofthe bulk. But evidently the best reliance is to be placed upon the destructionof the egg-bearing moths in the granaries in the early summer beforeharvest. The Augouuiois Moth Destroyed by a Mite. Several years ago (October 1, 1889) a sample of infested wheat wassent to me by a correspondent at Charlottesville, Va. Statement ofthe nature of the attack may be of interest in connection with itsunusual termination. The gentleman wrote: Wheat harvest in our section was followed by continuous rainswhich resulted in serious sprouting in the shuck. As soon as possibleI hauled up and threshed, stoiing the wheat in a large barn, spreading TENTH KEPOKT OF THE STATE BNT^pMOLOGIST 385. as thin as possible, say 12 to 15 inches deep, ventilating all we could,and turning it over frequently with shovels. In from three to fourweeks after storing I noticed a small fly crawling and flying on andover the wheat, followed in three or four weeks thereafter by whatseems to be an egg-deposit. Tliese latter appeared mainly in depres-sions on the surface [of the bed], such as foot-tracks, etc. I inclose asample of the Avheat-fly and eggs (or are they embryo flies) ? * * ** * My crop is probably from 1,500 to 1,600 bushels, and I fear seri-ous loss if some remedy is not promptly applied. In an experience ofover twenty years at the business I have never seen such an insectbefore. I should add that the wheat was fanned after coming fromthe separator, which took out the sprouted grain. It is now almostentirely dry and seemingly in good condition, barring the insect attack. The insect was readily identified as the An
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