. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insects Iiijurlun,^ to the Apple. to murli parasitic iurestation. After the last iikhiK, tli'' eaterpillars spreai! out ti\-er the fruit trees. They then seem tu hirsahe tlieir nest, ami they devour the leafage wholesale. Frem the end of duue to the beginuiug of duly they sjiiii cocoons amongst the leaves of the fruit trees, as ;i rule se\eral together firming a large mass united hy a dusky web. In their cocoons tlie\' change to deep brown ]iupa'. Kullar (2) says a
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insects Iiijurlun,^ to the Apple. to murli parasitic iurestation. After the last iikhiK, tli'' eaterpillars spreai! out ti\-er the fruit trees. They then seem tu hirsahe tlieir nest, ami they devour the leafage wholesale. Frem the end of duue to the beginuiug of duly they sjiiii cocoons amongst the leaves of the fruit trees, as ;i rule se\eral together firming a large mass united hy a dusky web. In their cocoons tlie\' change to deep brown ]iupa'. Kullar (2) says as many as tweh'c cocoons ma\' be gathered into one ball. Some years agii I cijunted as many as forty on a damson tree in one mass (4). From these pup;r the nidtlis come out in tlie latter part of duly and in August, and sonn Ijcgiu to lay their long egn-masses. Xa tn;.\i, l-".-\t;.MiEs. Kollar el) I'ecords lioth tlie eggs and the larva' attacked by Ichnetimon Hies. These sites, which are apparently comnam tm the (Jimtiuent, do not occur, as far as we know, in Britain. They are consideri'd important ))y American ento- mologists, who are iatroduein'' them into tlie States. Howard (5) tells ns that many thou- sands have been intro(bii'ed and released in the ^dcinily ijf Foston. The only abundant parasite that 1 haA'e come acr(jss in Britain is a Tachinid fly, 'llirliiiimriilia ri'rfliiiiiasn^ Fl. This fly appeared in great nanrbers in I'.MIl, and I feel sure had a large share in stamping out this moth ((i).. I' ()]â â .\ '⢠'i', w nil N];.\i;L\ ^rATri:!'. i,.vi;\m:.. 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 Theobald, Frederick Vincent, 1868-1930. Wye, Eng. : Frederick V. Theobald
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