. Nature study and life. Nature study. INSECTS OF THE GARDEN 189 borer and showed it to him, explain- ing liow one such larva might kill a tree, and how, if it had lived to lay eggs, it might have cost him many more. Thanks to Slingerland's pic- tures we have this arch-enemy of all good peach trees before us, egg, larva, pupa, moth, and evil doings, the latter written so plainly that no child can fail to read them. The children should be asked to keep a sharp lookout about their peach trees, and all the trees in the neigh- borhood in fact, because one old stub may grow borers enough to stock a
. Nature study and life. Nature study. INSECTS OF THE GARDEN 189 borer and showed it to him, explain- ing liow one such larva might kill a tree, and how, if it had lived to lay eggs, it might have cost him many more. Thanks to Slingerland's pic- tures we have this arch-enemy of all good peach trees before us, egg, larva, pupa, moth, and evil doings, the latter written so plainly that no child can fail to read them. The children should be asked to keep a sharp lookout about their peach trees, and all the trees in the neigh- borhood in fact, because one old stub may grow borers enough to stock a large area, and gather specimens of the different stages for the school collection. To facilitate this work the life story may be told in a word, as follows : The moths, somewhat resembling steel-blue wasps, emerge from their cocoons on the peach trees from late June to early September (for latitude of New York; earlier in the south and later farther north) and dur- ing this time lay their eggs on the trunks of peach and plum. Fig. 79. Eggs, Larva, Pupa, AND Cocoons of Peach- Tree Borer. 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 Hodge, Clifton Fremont, 1859-. Boston and London, Ginn & Co.
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