Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . band, as shown in the enlarged figure of a wing inthe lower part of figure 12. The peculiar arrangement of thesemarkings on its wings serves to easily distinguish this fly fromany of its near known relatives. One cherry grower tells us that he saw many of these flies ofihis trees when the fruit was being picked. He stated that theflies were then somewhat sluggish in their movements, oftenalighting on the pickers hand. Their black-banded wings ren-der these flies quite conspicuous objects as they flit about fromcherry to cherry, so that cherry growers


Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . band, as shown in the enlarged figure of a wing inthe lower part of figure 12. The peculiar arrangement of thesemarkings on its wings serves to easily distinguish this fly fromany of its near known relatives. One cherry grower tells us that he saw many of these flies ofihis trees when the fruit was being picked. He stated that theflies were then somewhat sluggish in their movements, oftenalighting on the pickers hand. Their black-banded wings ren-der these flies quite conspicuous objects as they flit about fromcherry to cherry, so that cherry growers should be able to famil-iarize themselves with the adult or fly stage of this new enemy. 26 Bulletin 172. How AND When the Insect Works. Unfortunately this cherry maggot works in a very incon-spicuous manner, so that it will be a difficult matter to deter-mine its presence until the mischief is wrought. All of thosewho suffered from its ravages the past summer did not know ofits presence until their attention was called to it by the con-. 13.—Cherries infested by the Cherry Frnit-fly. All the cherries containednia^_s:ots, although the upper ones shozved no external iiidications ofbeing infested. Natural size. sumers of the cherries. One grower picked two basketsfullof what seemed to be the fairest and largest cherries, and tookthem home for canning. When the housewife came to pit themshe was much surprised and disgusted to find that many of themwere wormy with these cherry maggots. The two cherriesin the upper part of figure 13 contained maggots, although theywere apparently perfect fruits externally. If the cherries are The Cherry Fruit-Fly. 27


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