. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insects Injurious to tlie Apple. 61 and figures the female with t\v(j black spots on eacli segment, but these do not show so clearly in any females I liave noticed. The moths appear from the end of October onwards until the beginning of February. The females crawl up the tree trunks, just in the same way as the 'Winter iloths. The ova are deposited on the Inids and twigs, in bark crevices and on p)runed surfaces. The caterpillars hatch out later than those of the W
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insects Injurious to tlie Apple. 61 and figures the female with t\v(j black spots on eacli segment, but these do not show so clearly in any females I liave noticed. The moths appear from the end of October onwards until the beginning of February. The females crawl up the tree trunks, just in the same way as the 'Winter iloths. The ova are deposited on the Inids and twigs, in bark crevices and on p)runed surfaces. The caterpillars hatch out later than those of the Winter Moth, usuallv in April. Tiiey are readily told from the Winter INfoth by their colour ; the back is chestnut-ljrown, and the sides a pale creamy-yellow to bright yellow, the venter pale yellow to pale greenish-yellow, and the spiracles pale with dark rims. Their means nf progression is just like that of the former species. Wheir mature they reach 1^ inch in length. They have been sent by varioirs correspondents as late as July, but most reach maturity at the end of .Tune, they then fall to the ground and pupate in the soil. PeKVENTION and TlfKATMENT. The remarks made corrcerning the Winter j\Iotli apply here. Reference. (1) Ormci-od, E. A. ' Handbook of Insects Injurious to Orchard and Uusli Fruits," p. 179 (1898). THE MARCH MOTH. ( (csciiJuriu. Schiff.) This is another member of the wingless female group not so generally reported as a nuisance, it now and again does considerable harm to the apple, and has also been sent by curre- spondents from Surrey on the plum and pear. Its normal food plants are the whitethorn and blackthorn ; it also iniests the oak, lime, elm, maple and walnut, and a few may be taken on the Spanish chestnut. It occurs over a wide area from Scotland downwards, and has lieen reported as a fruit pest from Here- fordshire, Yorksh:re, Sussex, Kent and iMiddlesex. L liave also seen it in abundance on plums in Although. [F. Edeiidcn.
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