. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. 64 or early in May, and lays its eggs on the young gooseberries soon after they are formed. The eggs soon hatch and the tiny caterpillars burrow into the fruit, where they remain in safe concealment. When they have grown considerably they fasten two or more berries together with silken threads, sometimes biting off the stems in order to bring them more easily into the required position, and here they live securely with plenty of food convenient. This tying of the fruit together is more frequently done in the case of the
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. 64 or early in May, and lays its eggs on the young gooseberries soon after they are formed. The eggs soon hatch and the tiny caterpillars burrow into the fruit, where they remain in safe concealment. When they have grown considerably they fasten two or more berries together with silken threads, sometimes biting off the stems in order to bring them more easily into the required position, and here they live securely with plenty of food convenient. This tying of the fruit together is more frequently done in the case of the wild gooseberry and the currant, which it also attacks, and whose berries are not large enough to contain the worm. When fully grown the caterpillar lowers itself to the earth by a silken thread, and there spins its cocoon (Fig. 33) among leaves or rubbish on the surface of the ground. In this state it lives all winter, the moth appearing, as already stated, the following spring. The most obvious remedies for this pest are (1) picking off by hand all prematurely ripened or discoloured fruit and burning or otherwise destroying them. As, however, the worms are very active and quickly make their escape to the ground when disturbed, a close watch should be kept in order. to trample under foot any that may get away. (2) Clearing up and burning all fallen leaves and other rubbish beneath the infested bushes, after the fruit season is over, and in this way destroying the insect in its chry- salis state. It is also recommended to dust the bushes freely with air-slacked lime early in the spring, renewing the application from time to time as may be necessary, the object being to prevent the moth from laying her eggs on the young fruit. The Gooseberry Midge (Cecidomyia grossularice, Fitch) Is another enemy to the fruit of the gooseberry. Its presence may be ascertained, as in the case of the previous insect, by the premature ripening or discoloration of the berries. It is a very tiny magg
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