Insects injurious to fruits . 346 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE RED CURRANT. prominent in some specimens than in others, forming some-times one or two irregular bands across the wings. Whenex{)anded, the wings measure aboutFig. 359. ^^^ j^^,]^ ^j-^j ^ quarter across. Within a brief period tlie female deposits hereggs for the next years brood on thetwigs and branches, where they en-dure the heat of the remaining por-tion of the summer without hatching,and the piercing cold of the succeed-ing winter without injury, awaiting the arrival of their propertime for development the following spring. Remedie
Insects injurious to fruits . 346 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE RED CURRANT. prominent in some specimens than in others, forming some-times one or two irregular bands across the wings. Whenex{)anded, the wings measure aboutFig. 359. ^^^ j^^,]^ ^j-^j ^ quarter across. Within a brief period tlie female deposits hereggs for the next years brood on thetwigs and branches, where they en-dure the heat of the remaining por-tion of the summer without hatching,and the piercing cold of the succeed-ing winter without injury, awaiting the arrival of their propertime for development the following spring. Remedies.—Powdered hellebore, which is so speedy andcertain a remedy in the case of the saw-flies, does not act withthe same promptitude in this instance. This larva seems tobe much hardier and more difficult to destroy with poisonoussubstances; hence, if hellebore is used, the liquid should bemade twice or three times the usual strength. Paris-green ismore certain and effectual where there is no objection to itsuse. Hand-picking
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