. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Fl(5Ui;K-nK-,S ^HITII AT I;EST. Ikiu's. These are placed iu an irreo-nlar manner, nml soon n-et washed oil' l,y rain. The hairs, as seen in the photograph, are dark and are not found on all tlie ei;gs (Fin-, 03) The ova, hatch alMnit tlie time the leaves are hegiiining to expand. The larv;e at once feed npon them, usiialh' taking tlieir food singly, even if tlie eggs are laid close togetlier. The cateriiillar (P'ig. LTi) is \ery marked, owing to its liead heing lih
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Fl(5Ui;K-nK-,S ^HITII AT I;EST. Ikiu's. These are placed iu an irreo-nlar manner, nml soon n-et washed oil' l,y rain. The hairs, as seen in the photograph, are dark and are not found on all tlie ei;gs (Fin-, 03) The ova, hatch alMnit tlie time the leaves are hegiiining to expand. The larv;e at once feed npon them, usiialh' taking tlieir food singly, even if tlie eggs are laid close togetlier. The cateriiillar (P'ig. LTi) is \ery marked, owing to its liead heing lihie witli two small Mack spots; tlie bodv is of varieil hue; some are yellcAvisli-green, others bluish-grey and more yellowisli-green below, with a Ijroken yellow line along the back and another (ju eacli side below the air lioles, and the segments have small lilark spots; tlie pale legs are also spotted with black, as also are the siicker-feet. When i'uU fed the caterpillars are plump and very sluggish and reach over 1 imdi in length. Tliey de\'0iir the foliage A\'itli rajiidity Avheii about half grown, and continue to do so until a few days before they are full fed. They are mostly mature by the end of June ; some sent ine from Yorkshire were just ready to spin b\' the hrst ^\â eek in -June in I'.JOU, others have been observed as late as the Tth of duly (190o), a record in an old notebook 11 (Olds one s))iiiiiing on the .1(1 (if July(lSS4). :\lanvof th( ( iterpillars lea\"e the trees w h( n full fed and spin a njugh ^11 \ eocoonoii any c(_)nA'enieiit s])ot, olliers do so on the twigs and boughs of the trees. AVith the silk are niiiigh'(l fiits of bark, and they may be even entirely C(.ivered \\-ith it. From these cocoons the moths hatch out in September and ou\vards into [.I. V. It. niiitoiii. FIG. 25.â;\ liF THE FlGUilE-MF-S MuTIL Iiniiiatiivi' furnis oij Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have be
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