. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insects, etc., Injurious to the Pectch. by a siug-lc individual. Tho feuialus of the male in this country. The wlieu first hatclied und heeome dark greenish to yreeuisli-yeilow or i)ale reddish and endt very long and line glass-like filaments hdth ex- tremities. They wander over the si Is and foliage where they take up (heir abode; liewstead finds that some may be still seen migrating in the autumn. They pass the winter as full-fed larva', scarcely \'isihlc t
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insects, etc., Injurious to the Pectch. by a siug-lc individual. Tho feuialus of the male in this country. The wlieu first hatclied und heeome dark greenish to yreeuisli-yeilow or i)ale reddish and endt very long and line glass-like filaments hdth ex- tremities. They wander over the si Is and foliage where they take up (heir abode; liewstead finds that some may be still seen migrating in the autumn. They pass the winter as full-fed larva', scarcely \'isihlc to the md-;ed eye, and moult in sjjring when growth becomes \-ery rapid, a,nd the mature female form is soon produced. The ova are almost white. The winged male has not been seen in this country. It seems to be the young tender shoots iif the peach that are attacked, and there on the greerr wood the scale insects soon produce discoloration and the shoots die away. Those that get on to the lea\'es, of course, fall with them ami die. reproiuce without the ag Iar7;e are yellow or pale ency red. Tl;EATMK\T. The liest thing in peach houses is sponging with paratlin emulsion in winter oi' spraying with the Good results lia\'e been re[ioited of the use of caustic alkali wash. Many gardeneis have told me this has been cj^uite successful as a winter dressing. IIeferences. (1| , I-,'. â A Monugrapli of the Britisli CoeciJiL-,' vol. p. «!» (1908). (2) Fcniahl, Maria E. ' A of tlie Coec-iilic of the "Wort;!.' \\. 19 ( 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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