Plum curculio cover the wings; however, because of the middle humps they appear to have only two ridges. The plum curculio can be found in apple, nectarine, plum, cherry, peach, apricot, pear and quince. It may also survive on wild plum, hawthorn, and crabapple. It is found most commonly in areas east of the Rocky Mountains and in eastern Canada. The beetles are most active during the spring time when the weather is warm, damp, and cloudy. They are often seen in heavy leafed trees. Plum curculio beetles can cause irreparable damage to a fruit harvest. In badly damaged fruit, one can
Name of Andalusia "Gothica sors", a Latin exonym of the Visigothic Kingdom, which translates to "Gothic lot", Halm reconstructs a Gothic term that would correspond to the Latin term, meaning "lot lands", as "*landahlauts". The hypothetical term would have given rise both to the Latin loan translation "Gothica sors" and to the Arabic "al-Andalus", by phonetic imitation. Name of Andalusia The toponym "al-Andalus" () is first attested in inscriptions on coins minted by the Umayyad rulers of Iberia, from ca. 715. The etymology of the name has traditionally been derived from the name of the "Vandals" (who settled in Hispania in the 5th