. Injurious insects and the use of insecticides [microform] : a new descriptive manual on noxious insects, with methods for their repression . Larva, .—Lessee Leaf Pupa. c. Moth. d. Rolledleaf. (Riley.) The third brood. 66 INJURIOUS INSECTS. developed from the eggs of these, pass the larval and pupal stagesduring September, and emerge as reddish-gray moths in pass the winter hidden away under rubbish, and deposit theireggs the following spring. Remedies.—Spray with Paris green or London purple, using onepound of poison to about 200 gallons of water. THE YELLOW-NEC
. Injurious insects and the use of insecticides [microform] : a new descriptive manual on noxious insects, with methods for their repression . Larva, .—Lessee Leaf Pupa. c. Moth. d. Rolledleaf. (Riley.) The third brood. 66 INJURIOUS INSECTS. developed from the eggs of these, pass the larval and pupal stagesduring September, and emerge as reddish-gray moths in pass the winter hidden away under rubbish, and deposit theireggs the following spring. Remedies.—Spray with Paris green or London purple, using onepound of poison to about 200 gallons of water. THE YELLOW-NECKED APPLE-TREE CATERPILLAR. {Dalana ministra.) The moths have light-bro^oi wings, striped with deeper shades ofthe same color. The eggs are laid during June or July, and the lar%-aeattain full growth in from five to six weeks from hatching. The full-grown caterpillars descend to the ground and burrow in the Fig. 49.—Yellow-necked Larva. 6. Moth. c. Eggs. d. Magnified egg. (Riley.) where they spend the pupal stage, emerging as moths the followingsummer. Remedies.—This insect rarely becomes troublesome, so numerousare its bird and insect enemies. When these do not hold it in check,Paris green or London purple may be sprayed on infested trees asdirected for the Lesser Apple-leaf Roller. THE LEAF CRUMPLER. {P/ii/cis indigenella.) The adult is a small gray moth, which deposits her eggs on theapple, cherry, plum, quince, and crab-apple. The larvae are small brown worms that leed on the leaves, construct-ing cylindrical silken cases that afford them concealment -whou not en-gaged in feeding. As the worms increase in size, bits of partially-eaten ORCHARD FRUITS. 67 leaves are drawn about the openings of their tubular abodes, formingquite an accumulation of partially-eaten foliage. At the approach ofwinter the cases are made fast to twigs or branches by silken threads,and the l
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