Spru,yi·n.g Apple Trees. 27
- Godling Moth. Other Lepidoptera. Other Insects.
by J July 15 ............ None 115 38
‘0w- July 16 ............ None 4 11
· ......... J . . 9 33
as 6 lil; $$-22   .... ii 362 m
‘P"‘ Juiy 24 ............ 1 215 399
that Aug. 6 ............ None 10 16
ex- Aug. S   .......... \/None 20 73
seen Aug. 20 ............ None 269 48
ick Aug. 22 ............ None 123 95
thé Aug. 31 ......... I. .. None 620 38) .
Sept. 1 ............ None 184 40
troy _; __1 _._
was Totals ......... 5 . 2016 1007
bc' In other words, about two-tenths (0.16 per cent., more exactly)
3CtS> of one per cent. of all insects captured were eodling moth, during
ibla a period when theadult codling moths of the summer brood were
Cod' most numerous, as shown by reared specimens and by examples
> OH captured by other means.
gulls The experiment proved simply that the moth is at times attract- _
IMP ed in very small numbers to light, a fact that has been verified by
ml? the occasional capture of specimens about lamps indoors.
one
B1, a Codling Moth Attacking Peaches. _
Gm;) An interesting fact in the habits of the insect was observed on
I-CGS} the Experiment Farm, August 25, 1893, when fruit of some peach
MOH . trees grown in the midst of a small orchard were found to be injured
Ault by eodling moth. The a.pple crop was very light, and the moths
may were probably driven to the peaches by the scarcity ot their natural
[wm food. Under similar circumstances, I have known peaches to be
2O_ badly injured in some neighborhoods by the plum oureulio, which
PCC; seems more natural. since both plmn and peach are stone fruits.
light H _ `
pl if 1HIu APPLE LEAF·ROLLER.
ucd. ( . l 1·¢·71.1.ps rosac0rma») .
tCtGfl The larva of this moth is generally to be found in small numbers
zeord in Kentucky orchards, but the mischief done to the leaves is so
rapi slight as not to attract attention. Yew and then it becomes very
common and then shows a disposition to attack the young apples,
especially where they hang in <·ontac·t or are closely surrounded by