. The moth book [microform] : a popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America. Moths; Papillons nocturnes; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. FlC 183 -//. â, femilt; (, younn Liparid« A third generation follows in the month of September This generation lays the eggs from which the larva which appear in the following spring are hatched. The female, as has already been stated, is wingless, and lives solely for the purpose of oviposition. Having laid her eges which she covers with the hairy scales which she plucks from the abdomen, and mingles with a viscid secretion, which she
. The moth book [microform] : a popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America. Moths; Papillons nocturnes; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. FlC 183 -//. â, femilt; (, younn Liparid« A third generation follows in the month of September This generation lays the eggs from which the larva which appear in the following spring are hatched. The female, as has already been stated, is wingless, and lives solely for the purpose of oviposition. Having laid her eges which she covers with the hairy scales which she plucks from the abdomen, and mingles with a viscid secretion, which she deposits with the eggE, and which on drying becomes and brittle, she dies. Tt young larva on being hatched has the power of spinning a thin thread of silk, with which it lowers itself from its resting- place when disturbed, and by means of which it regains the place from which it has dropped. This power is lost as the insect develops after succes- sive molts. The mature caterpillar is a rather striking and not unbeautiful creature. The head is brilliant vermilion in color â the body IS white banded with black, and adorned with bh' k-tipped tufts and bundles of cream-colored hairs. There is considerable dispanty in the size of the larvae and the pups of the two es as IS partially shown in Fig. i8j. The larva and the pupa of the female moth are generally twice as large as those of the male The best means of combating the ravages of this insect is to see to It that in the fall and winter the cocoons, which may be found adhering to the twigs of trees and shrubs and secreted in til nooks and crannies ol -'nces, are gathered toâ,'ther and destroyed. It is also useful to spray the young foliage of i^4.~//./furfi/i,'m,i. LarvA of feniaJe trees Which are liable. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the ori
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