. A manual of injurious insects [microform] : with methods of prevention and remedy for their attacks to food crops, forest trees, and fruit : to which is appended a short introduction to entomology. Insect pests; Agricultural pests; Entomology; Insectes nuisibles, Lutte contre les; Ennemis des cultures, Lutte contre les; Entomologie. OTTER Moth. 183 are nearly an inch and a half or two inches long. When full- led they spin a web amongst the roots on which they have been feeding, and in it they turn to stout, blunt, dark brown pupaB with two rows of otter Moth : 1 and 2, eggs, nat. si
. A manual of injurious insects [microform] : with methods of prevention and remedy for their attacks to food crops, forest trees, and fruit : to which is appended a short introduction to entomology. Insect pests; Agricultural pests; Entomology; Insectes nuisibles, Lutte contre les; Ennemis des cultures, Lutte contre les; Entomologie. OTTER Moth. 183 are nearly an inch and a half or two inches long. When full- led they spin a web amongst the roots on which they have been feeding, and in it they turn to stout, blunt, dark brown pupaB with two rows of otter Moth : 1 and 2, eggs, nat. size and magnified; 3, caterpillar; 4, chrysalis • 5, male; 6, female. ^ This change takes place in May, and the moths are common in grassy places about the middle of June, especially in the south of England. ' i- j They are very peculiar in appearance, from the wings being somewhat straight and narrow; also there is not aSy great difference m size between the front and the hinder pair. ihe male is about two inches in expanse of the wines which are white above; the head, body, and abdomen are pale tawny. The female is about three inches in expanse • the fore wmgs are yellow above, with orange markings : the hinder wmgs smoky, changing to bright tawny on the hinder margin. Prevention AND injuries occasioned by the larvae of the Ghost or Otter Moth are recorded as being some- irbTit^; '"^^^^ ^^^-^^^^^^^^ ^"* ^^^-^ As the caterpillars feed amongst roots, the best remedy is to examine these carefully, if the plants nvp. founri Iq ha flag- ging without obvious cause. From the large size of the cater- pillars they are easily seen, and can be taken out by hand and destroyed; and if there is reason to suppose they are present I. 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 original O
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