. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. 36 Insect {A. V. D. J!i,>ta„l. TJO, :2l'.—FIOntE-MF-S 3InTHS. 3Ia]e and female. of tliL'ir smlilen disappenraiiee after an almormal uumljer have appeared, as in 1S87, is inidoulitedly the fact tliat a heavy storm dv wind knocks tlieni oft' the trees, and then many are destroyed. This was pointed out hy Taschenberg many years ayo. LiFK-HiSToi;v, Haisits, Etc. Tiie motli (Fig. 22) apjiears ia and October, but a few may hatch as early as the 20t
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. 36 Insect {A. V. D. J!i,>ta„l. TJO, :2l'.—FIOntE-MF-S 3InTHS. 3Ia]e and female. of tliL'ir smlilen disappenraiiee after an almormal uumljer have appeared, as in 1S87, is inidoulitedly the fact tliat a heavy storm dv wind knocks tlieni oft' the trees, and then many are destroyed. This was pointed out hy Taschenberg many years ayo. LiFK-HiSToi;v, Haisits, Etc. Tiie motli (Fig. 22) apjiears ia and October, but a few may hatch as early as the 20th of .;Vugust, and some liave been taken as late as tlie 28th of ^",-,^,2;^],^^,^ ^liss Ormei-od (3) records them as taken at Toddingtou on the 18th of Xovember. In size the moth varies ^'ery consideraldy; tlie male may be less tlian 1 inch in expanse of wings, the female may be o^'er Ij inch. The f(jre wings are of various shades of greyish-brown -and bro^vn wiUi pale ring-like spots, one on each wing, being of tlie form of the figure 8; in "some specimeirs a faint r( isy tinge is notice- able ; the hind wings are greyish- brown with darker ray-like lines and a dark wedge-sliaped patch at tlie hinder angle. It is common and widely spread all over Krilain, and may )je fouml flying at dusk and when dark hi orchards and gardens and ahmg hedgeroM's. Tlie female lays her eggs singly and usually widely ajiart, Imt n(l^^- and then one finds them in groups of five up to ten, and aeC(.irdi]ig to (Jrmerod (1) in groups of six or eight. They are jilaced aiiywliere on the shoots and spurs of the fruit trees and are easily seen owIiil;' to their grey or greyisli-bro«-u hm. ; they are round in lovm, tlatlened' beloNv and with radiating ribs. As described by liuckh'r (2), they are curiously covered witirbrown. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these i
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