. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. THE CANADIAN Fig. 8. so well known to the majority of our readers; still we find many beginners in fruit growing who haYe not yet made its acquaintance, and for their benefit we insert the accompanying figure, and give a brief description of the insect. In figure 8, a represents the larvae; h, the chrysalis, and c the perfect insect, all magnified, the lines alongside of the figures showing the actual size of these objects; while d represents a small jjfi Bm "rWiBr plum, with the well-kno
. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. THE CANADIAN Fig. 8. so well known to the majority of our readers; still we find many beginners in fruit growing who haYe not yet made its acquaintance, and for their benefit we insert the accompanying figure, and give a brief description of the insect. In figure 8, a represents the larvae; h, the chrysalis, and c the perfect insect, all magnified, the lines alongside of the figures showing the actual size of these objects; while d represents a small jjfi Bm "rWiBr plum, with the well-known crescent ^^^'t'C* ^SSIr mark of the insect, and the little beetle of natural size, crawling on the fruit. The Plum Cure alio is a little, dark-gray or blackish beetle, about one-fifth of an inch long, with a rough, rushed surface, and having on the middle of each wing-case a black shining hump, bordered behind with a broad band of yellowish white; it is also furnished with a short snout. When this little creature is alarmed, the snout as well as the six short legs are drawn in close to the body, and the insect falls suddenly to the ground, where it lies motionless, much resembling a bit of dirt or a little dried up bucL In consequence of its peculiar inanimate appearance when thus " playing possum," it frequently escapes detection; but when taken up between the fingers and placed on the hand, it quickly manifests symptoms of activity, and endeavors to escape, either by running or by flight. The beetle deposits its eggs, one at a time, just under the skin of the plum, which is cut with a crescent shaped incision, deepened in the centre, where the egg is deposited. Here the young larvae hatches, and eats its way into the fruit, burrowing about towards the middle, and so affecting the vitality of the plum that it falls prematurely to the ground, where the worm as soon as it is full grown escapes, and burrowing under the surface shortly becomes a chrysalis, from which
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