. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . pot near the hind angle. Remedy.—Use No. 14. CHAPTER XLV. The Apple Bueeulatrix. (Cal.) (Bucculatrix pomifoliella—Clemens). Order, Lepidoptera ; Family, [Feeding upon the leaves of the apple tree, a small, dark,yellowish-green, sixteen-legged worm, nearly six lines long;spinning against the bark an elongate, dirty-white, ribbedcocoon]. This larva assumes the pupa form within its cocoon ( a and 6], and before the moth i
. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . pot near the hind angle. Remedy.—Use No. 14. CHAPTER XLV. The Apple Bueeulatrix. (Cal.) (Bucculatrix pomifoliella—Clemens). Order, Lepidoptera ; Family, [Feeding upon the leaves of the apple tree, a small, dark,yellowish-green, sixteen-legged worm, nearly six lines long;spinning against the bark an elongate, dirty-white, ribbedcocoon]. This larva assumes the pupa form within its cocoon ( a and 6], and before the moth issues, the pupa works itselfpart way out of the cocoon. Several broods are probably pro-duced in one year; the last brood passes the Winter in theircocoons. Fig. 72.—Apple Buc- _ Fig. 72. culatrix ; a, the cocoonson a twig—color, dirtywhite ; h, one of thecocoons, enlarged ; (\the moth enlarged—color, gray and brown. The perfect m o t h(Fig. 72c) is a dirtywhite or gray color,marked with brown, asin the figure. Remedy.—When the tree is dormant, spray or wash thor-oughly the parts infested with Xo. 18—one ])Ound to each gal-lon of water 98 INSECTS INFESTING THE APPLE TREE. CHAPTER XLVI. The Apple-tree Aphis. (Cal.)(Aphis mali.—Fabricius.) Order, Hemiptera ;Sub-order, Homoptera ; Family, Aphidid^. Fig. 73. [Living^on the leaves or twigs of apple trees; small green,or green and black, plant lice.] This plant louse, as its name indicates, is frequently foundon thej apple tree. It may be easily detected by the blackappearance of thg ends of the succulent twigs and leaves,causedbyj a honey-dew emitted by this insect and othersclosely related to it. (See Aphis malifolia; Chap. 47.) Fig. 73.—Apple-tree Aphis (young), enlarg-ed—color, green. The wingless individuals (Fig. 73) are small,green lice, and can be found in great numberson the under side of the leaves and tendertwigs. They measure about one line in length,and are often accompanied by winged individ-u
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