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 July 19.  - Bred 12 con. nenuphar from infected plums.

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"Mantis" eggs rd. by Riley's correspondent to be found on an apple tree in his Orchard - in Ogle co.

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[[underline]] Lyda cerasi. [[/underline]] Larva on C. serotina.
Immature larva. Length .60 inch. [[strikethrough] Color dull orange. A broad distinct dorsal & a narrow indistinct subdorsal stripe, greenish brown. Lateral roll (which is in Q. pruni) & a narrow ventral vitta, bright orange [[/strikethrough]] 

[[margin]] Box 7 N. 48 = 27 [[L?]] [[/margin]]

 Color dull green. A broad subdorsal stripe, the lateral roll (which is as in Q. pruni) & [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] a central linear abd. vitta, all bright orange. Head black, polished; antennae black, 7-jd. 1st. jt. & tips 2 - 4 white. lst. jt ^ [[insertion]] body [[/insertion]] leg [[image]] black, Legs dusky-green, sutures & tips white. Anal Joint [[image with designation A]] above laterally [[strikethrough]] dusky, [[/strikethrough]] black, beneath entirely black. Thorns ^ [[insertion]] whitish [[/insertion]] 3-jd, last jt. black, middle black except tip & base, basal pale dusky at base. At "A" the middle is dull green edges orange.
  Mature larva. Length 3/4 inch. Bright deep grass green, with a darker dorsal vitta. Lateral roll pales. Head black, as well as antennae & polished. 1st. jt. ^ [[insertion]] body [[/insertion]] as in preceding. Legs black, sutures whitish Anal jt. [[image]] green ^ [[insertion]] above, [[/insertion]] with an impressed black patch on each side; beneath black behind the thorns. Thorns ^ [[insertion]] pale [[/insertion]] green [[strikethrough]] nish white [[/strikethrough]] instead of white, with same markings of black. No black marks between legs as in Q. pruni.

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 July 20 Bred eight (8) Con. nenuphar, all usual size. + 10 in the afternoon

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[[underline]] Anthonomus prunicidae. [[/underline]] Larva now has burrowed into kernel. Length .12 when partially straightened out, .10 when curled up. Milk-white, head yellowish white mandibles tipped with brown. Most of holes [[strikethrough]] contain [[/strikethrough]] lead to [[underline]] no burrow, [[/underline]] being simply bored for food. Tried 18 or [[strikethrough]] 14 [[/strikethrough]] 20 before finding a larva. Two or three holes led to kernel, but larva had perished. This lot of plums were gathered 4 or 5 days ago. Stones now quite hard. A few containing "curculio" ^ [[insertion]] larva [[/insertion]] still on trees, among this lot.

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  July 21. Cut open about 50 wormy apples. Found the larva only in 3. Rest empty. Found crabs yesterday apparently infested by this insect. Put them in jar - [Yes = Bred from.]

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July 22. Bred 3 "Curculio"

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July 23   ____ 4  _______

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July 24   ____ 2  _______

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July 25   ____ [[strikethrough]] 6 [[/strikethrough]]   7 _______
+ 19 + 16 = 42 in all + 13 = 55
x Came out on wetting sand

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Lyda cerasi. Shifted. Many (7 or 8) dead. Only 2 (brown ones) alive & vigorous. A ^ [[insertion]] small [[/insertion]] green tenthred. larva on the cherry leaves, [[strikethrough]] [[image]] [[/strikethrough]] 20 or 22-legged.

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  July 22. The "scale" of Imported Barklouse now its normal shape, but smaller than when full-grown.

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July 26 Bred 2 "Curculio" + 6

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____ 27 ____ 2 __________ + 2
____ 28 ____ 3 __________

{Not a single "Curculio yet from prunicida plums.

Transcription Notes:
plum curculio = Conotrachelus nenuphar