. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. BLUEBERRY CULTURE 11 Insects and Diseases The cranberry fruit worm, Mineola vaccinii Riley (5) sometimes attacks blue- berries. The mature worm is about one-half inch long. It has a yellowish head and a green body often tinged with red on the back. Several berries are often webbed together and the worm works among them. No control has been found for this insect but it has not yet become a serious blueberry pest. The cranberry weevil, Anthonomus musculus Say, is sometimes a serious blueberry pest. The adul
. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. BLUEBERRY CULTURE 11 Insects and Diseases The cranberry fruit worm, Mineola vaccinii Riley (5) sometimes attacks blue- berries. The mature worm is about one-half inch long. It has a yellowish head and a green body often tinged with red on the back. Several berries are often webbed together and the worm works among them. No control has been found for this insect but it has not yet become a serious blueberry pest. The cranberry weevil, Anthonomus musculus Say, is sometimes a serious blueberry pest. The adult is a long-snouted beetle similar to the plum and apple curculios but smaller. The larva is a legless whitish grub with a yellow head and is about one-ninth of an inch long. Some injury is done to the flowers by the feeding of the adults, but most of the injury is done by the larva feeding on the fruit and tender young foliage. This insect can be controlled by spraying. Figure 4. Rubel — After Pruning. (a) Desirable new shoots growing from the base of the 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. Amherst, : Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 1907-1974
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