. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. attacked, the little weevils eating out roimil holes into the iViiit, usually Init little larger than themselves. These holes are ^-ery ohai-aeteiistic being smaller than the spaee within. The beetles were found in these holes at dusk and early morning. This damage had jireviously been put down to slugs. 1 know nothing of the life- history of tills insect. The lieetle varies from -| inch to a little over in length ; it is elongated oval in form, lilacl< in colou
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. attacked, the little weevils eating out roimil holes into the iViiit, usually Init little larger than themselves. These holes are ^-ery ohai-aeteiistic being smaller than the spaee within. The beetles were found in these holes at dusk and early morning. This damage had jireviously been put down to slugs. 1 know nothing of the life- history of tills insect. The lieetle varies from -| inch to a little over in length ; it is elongated oval in form, lilacl< in colour, some in- clining to deep shiny brown ; fresh specimens show scanty grey pubescence; the snout is lirdad and has a central furrow, and the long slender antenna' are I'ed; the wing cases have very coarsely punctured stria\ The legs arc reddish. The male is very like the female, but the front tifiia^ are cur\'ed at the apex. Fowler records this beetle as follow^s:â London district, Kent and Surrey, com- mon everywhere; it appears to lie nnire (ir less general as far north as (he Lancaster district and (Jhesliire, liut it ceases entirely in the nnrtli and is mil recorded from the Xoithumlierland and Duiiiam district, nor has l)r. Sharp ever cnme across a Scotch examjile, although it must lie admitted that ilurrav records it as 'â occasionally in Scotland. Ireland, ]\Ialaliide, near Dublin (Lower), Armagh," etc. Its habits seem very similar to those of other weevils. It shelters in moss, and is said to do so in woods. I found in my garden that, by jmttiiig down large pieces of damp bark with moss on it between the rows, the tieetles Cdllected there and so were easily trapped. In future attacks this mi"ht be borne in mind and tried again. \ ;â !,!. irâ^^ ST ]\\ WVA'A' (Kn,,,,;,, w(f, (,li-ifân ,;»).. /.'. ,-. FIG. 30.'..âSTilAH'BEKUV EATKX JlY , WEKVir,.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
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