Show THE CODLING MOTH BEMEDIES NO l Tbe moth of the appla worm lay the eggs from which the lame are developed I is wre to 2nd more than one egg on any apple pear or quince or more than one ltra Hence if only a few winter aets are preserved a great deal of muchief may be dune for the fiat larva grows rapidly and on leaving the apple p5 es into the pupa or chrysalis state from which it emerges a a perfect insect mcth in 8 few daya the length ot time depending OB tin warmth of the season Sometimes fruit growers grow-ers have been disappointed by finding the codling math in their orchards although they have made attempts to scrape off the winter nests and destroy de-stroy them This hal arisen from alack a-lack 01 care in burning the enemy There must be no quarter given to leave only a few enemies on the field may entail destruction on the fruit crop BO wonderfully prolific are these creatures The moth belongs t the fAmily of Tortrices the worn is the larva of the Carpocapsa Pamonella the cod c ling or apple moth I is j not b any means the only enemy man has in destroying the I apple but it is i the most effective in attacking and destroying the fruit I ia Jtsrif the subject of attack by a parasite which cats into and destroys the larva this enemy of I the apple worm is a species of hair I worm I the Mermia Accuminainj mentioned by Packard in the report of tbe entomological commission It hs been found that the codling I moth is attracted by placing alight ini i the vicinity of apple tress into which the creature flies and ia consumed 1 Largo numbers of lepidopterous i insects may bo captured and destroyed in this way But the most effective method appears lobe lo-be to offer an inducement to children to seek out the nests or i larva and pay them par capita for i t their c plea I ia surprising what can ba done by offering small r miumg on insects Tom of thsusv nods of ptantfeidsra are being taken out of our territory by collectors annually an-nually I Attentisn was dirsctsd is these I columns but recently to a sucgetton i made by Dr Hagen of the Museum i of Comparative Zoology Camhrjdgp Mass to a method of syringing j or sprinkling trees with a sweetened solution containing yeast I I In this way it is suKgettsd ths germ I of the yeast fungus would ba developed I de-veloped at the osponto of the latvi or tho codling moth When i ia i re j rnetnfccred that it i is only a fw year I sinco the apple worm first made its II Bpperance here and tat in tint aba t period hunl > d3 of fine apple i I and psrr ircr fcavo lyen entirjly de jj i Etroycd in this city alono by this I I enemy it ia easy b form a tolerably j correct estimate of tire i3ichi f douo j throughout the territory Of tho cinlgr worm and other enemies found in the appe > tree como thing may be said at a futiKB time With regard to tn destruction of the moth by birds it must be admitted ad-mitted that their uunbors aje to soma extant lessened by thtaa friends to mankind butit must also bo loin lo-in mind that tho bird can only reach i the insort when it is exposed I is powerless to touch the motb when I the latter is in the apple The fact t that tho bird is unable t cope with II thia enemy is evident from the constant con-stant increase in its numbers which shows clearly that some artificial means mud be employed for ita destruction de-struction However as to insects that are exposed it is different |