. Insects attacking fruit trees [microform]. Fruit; Insect pests; Insectes nuisibles; Fruits. Cherry Fruit-flies on the fruit: (1) the Black- bodied Cherry Fruit-fly; (2) the White banded Cherry Fruit-fly. they cannot be distiuguislied except by a trained entomolojiist. They arc when lull grown about one-quarter of an incli long, nearly cylindrical, blunt at one end and tapering to a point at the other. Their color may be either white or yellowish. There is no head and no logs, but at tlie small end are two little black hooks used to tear the tissues of tlio fruit and set free the juice upon w
. Insects attacking fruit trees [microform]. Fruit; Insect pests; Insectes nuisibles; Fruits. Cherry Fruit-flies on the fruit: (1) the Black- bodied Cherry Fruit-fly; (2) the White banded Cherry Fruit-fly. they cannot be distiuguislied except by a trained entomolojiist. They arc when lull grown about one-quarter of an incli long, nearly cylindrical, blunt at one end and tapering to a point at the other. Their color may be either white or yellowish. There is no head and no logs, but at tlie small end are two little black hooks used to tear the tissues of tlio fruit and set free the juice upon which the larva feeds. 1. Full-grown larvae of Cherry Fruit-flies in the fruit, natural size. (Original.) The White-banded species seems to be tlie more abundant iu the Province and either it or the other species has been found in almost every country where cherries are grown on a commercial scale. They do not, iiowever, infest all or nearly all the orchards in any county, but a sufficient number are infested to cause great loss. Early varieties as a rule are not much aflfected but late varieties such as Montmorencies, Morello and some of the late sweet kinds may have more than 90% of the fruit infested and therefore not be worth picking. Wormy fruit is. 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 Caesar, Lawson, 1870-1952; Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Toronto : Dept. of Agriculture
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