. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history -- Montana. BUTTERFLIES OP MONTAN. 27. Fig. 23. Neophasia menapia. Early Stages—Described by Edwards. "The caterpillar infests the pine trees and firs of the northern Pacific States. The larva lets itself down by a silken thread, often a hundred feet in length, and pupates on the ferns and shrubbery at the foot of the trees. It sometimes works great damage to the pine ; Distribution—It does not seem abundant in the west end, but has often been seen in the Mission mountains and about the laboratory at Big Fork high up in the coniferou
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history -- Montana. BUTTERFLIES OP MONTAN. 27. Fig. 23. Neophasia menapia. Early Stages—Described by Edwards. "The caterpillar infests the pine trees and firs of the northern Pacific States. The larva lets itself down by a silken thread, often a hundred feet in length, and pupates on the ferns and shrubbery at the foot of the trees. It sometimes works great damage to the pine ; Distribution—It does not seem abundant in the west end, but has often been seen in the Mission mountains and about the laboratory at Big Fork high up in the coniferous trees out of reach of the collector. At Swan lake it was found rather abundant late in August, 1903. In Auguist, 1904, about 40 were taken in a half hour, about half way up the lake. The collecting region at Swan lake for this species is along the lower half of the. 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 University of Montana (Missoula); University of Montana (Missoula). Biological series. Missoula : University of Montana
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