| Show PARASITE FOR CODLING NG MOTH IS AT WORK Tho Thu To long heralded mind much advertised parasite for tor the timo moth math ti is nt at n I last lait ut at lt work In the th orchards of California Tho Tue flail distributions were made nude during the time pat past p week tight Sight colonies being soot out omit to orchard In different ports of nf tho the state moet of them going to localities In iii Inthe II the valleys 11 I OUr will willbe wil willbe be bo sent Nelt out soon distribution I of 01 Iho the In Insect Insect sect to be motile to nil 11 of or the time principal producing sections of o the state Mr thus the discoverer tl and collector of this parasite returned to 10 Ran Han this week utter his Ills Jong lont absence In and anil the of or L tOme the parasite VI Is being made f under 1 lor his n 1 II t ma I M I i i I I II horn l r V having ir V thom various o local lo li tics Ike It for far the of t liberating colonies of ot the tho Insects Mr ro Is enthusiastic over oler time th possibilities of this thin little Ille limed insect nut But ha Ito hf does dot nut riot count on merit mere In his hlA mind there Is IR not the slightest doubt that this parasite will prove to It b bl bit ef of In tile the th destruction of or time Ihn cablIng moth And from Crom rain tho limo work being oboe done by b tho the Insect In time the nt itt lt the tho tio Ferry building It would appear r that Mr Corn Com pore pern h has haa s good grounds for tor hl hIl lois belief In this office are aro lrA a n largo Jorge number of lt J jams jKr r rIn In which time the Is II nt at work on Its enemy enem and tho Industry lr displayed by ity I the little creature promise much for tor tho the ap up pIe pic cf ott Ct California mimiC ami eventually 11 of ot tho the whole country In every evory Ian are areIL a IL I number of ot pieces piece of oC apple In which slits silts have been her made In theNO slits Hll are ama the tho larvae of ot the time col moth anti about In the or nr walking about from froam place to on the t h are tho parasites parasite busily employed Ir in I stinging the tho raiding col moth to loath I and laying l on their bodies the time eggs elA which are situ sites tre later Ilter to hitch hatch out Into other para pam parasites This 1111 l which hears the time ble hlo name na 11 of I U is Un isa n a 1 slender little Itlo Insect the time bring beIng about R fd half hal nn aim ni Inch loch long lont exclusive at oF tho the ovipositor awl and It I its sheath whIch a on little longer than the time booby body of ot tIme the I hl This ovipositor Is Very ery slender r lc Ovid nd It Is II with wih hula that thAl the parasite kills kill the colding motto moth und lay lays ls limo In eggs The floe 10 process Is IA a on l very VCr interestIng onto ono to watch When thin tho Insect Il finds 1111 on on one of the moths moth lies le hidden under r the wood It raises e the tho pl part of lie Its lB body hOlly Into Inlo tile the nil nh withdraws withdraw tho thom ovipositor from tram Its 11 and mould Inserts IlI It I through the lie wood woo Into the tho hOlly body of et tho the moth often jabbing It In several 1 times 1111 Then Th n ns as IR It 1 withdraws time the ovipositor It loa lays on un tho thoo body nf ot the time moth an nn tea egg and nn Immediate iMA In search of It another moth mit I where whelo It repents repeats the tho process How mommy many eggs one M Is II capable c of Idyllic Is in innot Iahlo not lot known but built It l is probable that It I about no an ni ninny many as al do a the tue ninth One Ono of ot the thue curious concerning th II thus latter hatter later IN is II that notwithstanding the th great INi amount nt ot study hint has haft hern put upon It ho tho large larlo comma um expended e In re research research search concerning the tho Insect nobody ions hns yet vet et Ilet the ho number of nf eggs that It t II Flois Tl is I merely morel n it matter mat of de ele detail tail one 01 that rould be he bl determined by ly I observation nh That It I ionS fins h not et 1 been beell determined Coos doos not speak well wall wel for or the tue carefulness of Qt the tue work cC f of ot the Lime th investIgators After Atter being stung slung It tho limo moth Sofia time tirOs to die 1 n S minutes The Tho To natural l h hert art of or UK its IM In is I for far forth thi thu hatching out of jf the th egg which t i P place pIn co within 21 II U otter I It I la Is II deposited delo The h I 1011 arm of ot tIm parasite which Is II n a cork ant mn mel 1111 to tto smirk Hu k th tb of ot th tb the i hotly hI of nl Its Il host Ibis ron coot Ol Its Ita nourishment It I goes the tho th trinus Mag stages H of IRI tie ili 11 UH its elon parent finally Into n a winged insect In I Mr fr Compere ampere that In where hp he t 1 this h te coalItions are similar to 10 HIOKI thoN In this loin It HP ii y i bet fl lie hr tm tie v yon yen n found Hie tM Insert nt rut work ork In part paris of 0 Iho 1110 10 country whore there th r wi snow now Consequently hn ho hoI In I I Ot list Hint I It will tio no trouble In n adapting lt IR itself lf to tn wi In this country It I will wil however be hp probably about n a v y YR ah a l nl n result coma enn be its looked for ns as It will viiI wi take hunt hl long fr for t r th the tn t 1 In nil b rs tt tI I juiCe 0 Inv ret Th The Ul orl nf nl I tills moans moann thit Ihl tn In to thi thu th Df lIt many millions nf of n an us anth iK th the hI i nf nt th Ih lbs r 0 n mth ti It tO In is I Il estimated l would at ot l d t nl l 1 bs inn nM cubic production of |
