. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). Fig. 50.— Palmer Worm Moth. PALMER WORM. Ypsolophus pometellus Harr. This is another caterpillar which in occasional years causes severe injury to fruit and foliage of apples. It skeletonizes the 1 eaves and eats large irregular holes in the fruit. (Plate XXVII, fig. 3.) The larv« appear in early June and work over a period of about three weeks. When disturbed they are very active creatures and drop suddenly from the leaf or fruit, suspending themselves in midair by a web. The adults appear in July. (Fig. 5
. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). Fig. 50.— Palmer Worm Moth. PALMER WORM. Ypsolophus pometellus Harr. This is another caterpillar which in occasional years causes severe injury to fruit and foliage of apples. It skeletonizes the 1 eaves and eats large irregular holes in the fruit. (Plate XXVII, fig. 3.) The larv« appear in early June and work over a period of about three weeks. When disturbed they are very active creatures and drop suddenly from the leaf or fruit, suspending themselves in midair by a web. The adults appear in July. (Fig. 50.) Treatment.—The insect is not im- portant in orchards that are regularly sprayed. The applications of arsenate of lead for the codling moth just after blossoming and two or three weeks later afford complete protection from injury. PLUM CURCULIO. Conotrachelus nenuphar Herbst. This insect is largely responsible for wormy plums and peaches. It also causes deformed and knotty apples and pears. The adult is a small gray beetle that passes the winter under the bark of trees or under rubbish. This insect appears early in spring and deposits its eggs in young fruits. (Fig. 51.) The egg is in- serted under the skin, after which a crescent-shaped cut is made around one side of the puncture, as in Fig. 52. Egg two Fig. 51.—Plum Curculio ant» Work on Fruit. laying continues for about. 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 New York (State). Dept. of Agriculture; New York State Agricultural Experiment Station; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Albany : State of New York, Dept. of Agriculture
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