Elementary studies in insect life Elementary studies in insect life elementarystudie00hunt Year: 1902 OUR FRIENDS AND 127 Laws, crab apples, and quinces. It also shows a decided taste for pears, and has been found upon peaches, apri- cots, and cherries. Comparatively few frnit-growers, doubtless, are ac- quainted with the parent moth. The insect is about an inch in wing expanse, and has brown-colored front wings with lighter brown-colored hind wings. It might FIG. 105. A pear and two apples. The petals have fallen. The calyx lobes are still widely spread. Just the right time to spray
Elementary studies in insect life Elementary studies in insect life elementarystudie00hunt Year: 1902 OUR FRIENDS AND 127 Laws, crab apples, and quinces. It also shows a decided taste for pears, and has been found upon peaches, apri- cots, and cherries. Comparatively few frnit-growers, doubtless, are ac- quainted with the parent moth. The insect is about an inch in wing expanse, and has brown-colored front wings with lighter brown-colored hind wings. It might FIG. 105. A pear and two apples. The petals have fallen. The calyx lobes are still widely spread. Just the right time to spray. After photograph by M. V. Slingerland. be well here to enter somewhat into the life history of the codling moth, in order that the stages through which this insect passes may be more fully understood. The egg is laid upon the side of the apple, like a minute drop of milk adhering to the skin of the fruit. It has frequently been supposed that it is always laid upon the fruit itself; this is not the case, as investigations
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