. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insects Injurious to the Apple. 31 uf Englrtuil, liul is most abundant in tlie snntli and ^vest. It docs not seem to occur furtlier nortli than Yorl^, where it is uncommoH. In the smith of EuL^Umd it is always more or less common in our plantations, but at certain times it appears in enormous numbers, especially iu apple and pear orchards, where it strips tlie folia^'e. Only last year a vast concourse of them appeared in the Sittingltourne and Faversham areas of Ke
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insects Injurious to the Apple. 31 uf Englrtuil, liul is most abundant in tlie snntli and ^vest. It docs not seem to occur furtlier nortli than Yorl^, where it is uncommoH. In the smith of EuL^Umd it is always more or less common in our plantations, but at certain times it appears in enormous numbers, especially iu apple and pear orchards, where it strips tlie folia^'e. Only last year a vast concourse of them appeared in the Sittingltourne and Faversham areas of Kent and carried all before them, one grower stating tliat he could collert them by busliels. Carpenter (1) records it from Ireland. It is particularly common in France, wliere there are laws com[ielling growci's tn cut off and destroy the "tents" and the lar\';c. (iuerin ]\Iene\-i!le states that it is one of tlie most injurious fruit and forest tree pests in France. KoUar (l!) gives an account of it, and says that it is troublesome in Germany. Unfortunately it feeds on hawthciru liedges and in woods, and l)eing capalile of moderate powers of flight, it is thus alwa>'s liable to invade cur orchards and garilens. LlF]->HlSTril;V AND HaIUTS. The motli (Fig. 18) is V(n'y variable in size and colour, and measures aliout 1 inch in expanse of wings in the male and Ih incli in the female. The front wings are a rusty reddish-brown, ochreous or brick-dust red, with t^^â o pale or dusky transverse liries across tliem, the space Inetween the two bars being often more deeply coloured than tlie rest of tlie -wiugs; tlie hind A\dngs are the same tint as tlie fore, but often a little paler. The moth occurs in July and August, and a few stragglers may be found in September. The females depcsit their eggs in rings or bands, and usually choose the year's growth of wood. Each band contains from faty up to two luindred eggs. The bands are shown in Fig. 1 7. ^Mien the wood shrinks th
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