. The eastern tent caterpillar . Figure 9. Cocoons of tent caterpillar. Natural size. Larva: When first hatched, the caterpillar is very small and nearly black, with a few gray hairs. It molts five or six times as it increases in size, and after each molt the markings show more distinctly. When full grown the caterpillar is from two to two and one-half inches in length and is thinly covered with long, light brown hairs. The color is black with a white stripe along the back, and many short, irregular, brownish stripes, or markings, along the side of each segment. The sides are of a bluish color
. The eastern tent caterpillar . Figure 9. Cocoons of tent caterpillar. Natural size. Larva: When first hatched, the caterpillar is very small and nearly black, with a few gray hairs. It molts five or six times as it increases in size, and after each molt the markings show more distinctly. When full grown the caterpillar is from two to two and one-half inches in length and is thinly covered with long, light brown hairs. The color is black with a white stripe along the back, and many short, irregular, brownish stripes, or markings, along the side of each segment. The sides are of a bluish color and each segment bears an oval blue spot nearly surrounded by black. The undersides of the body, head, and legs are black. The larvae, natural size, are shown in Figure 8. Pupa: The pupa stage is passed in a white, oval cocoon, which is about one inch in length and half an inch in thickness. It is made of loosely woven, silken threads, spun by the caterpillar, and is usually attached by one side to some object in a more or less protected place. Figure 9 shows a few of the cocoons.
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