. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1902, . tos and othersoft-bodied a(|uatic insects Of a diflerent nature, arother remarkable occurrence of the season throughout the entire North-West from far south of Calgary, and reported byMr. T. N. Willing, Mr. F. H. Wolley-Dod, , of Edmonton, and residents in Prince Albert,Grenfell, Beulah (Man.), and elsewhere, has been thevery large numbers of caterpillars cf the Painted Ladybutterfly (Frt/ameis cardui). The favorite food ofthese caterpillars is Thistle (including — let us bethankful—the Canadian Thistle), Blue Bur and PastureSage. Mr. A. J.
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1902, . tos and othersoft-bodied a(|uatic insects Of a diflerent nature, arother remarkable occurrence of the season throughout the entire North-West from far south of Calgary, and reported byMr. T. N. Willing, Mr. F. H. Wolley-Dod, , of Edmonton, and residents in Prince Albert,Grenfell, Beulah (Man.), and elsewhere, has been thevery large numbers of caterpillars cf the Painted Ladybutterfly (Frt/ameis cardui). The favorite food ofthese caterpillars is Thistle (including — let us bethankful—the Canadian Thistle), Blue Bur and PastureSage. Mr. A. J. Dennis, of Beulah, says that, duringfour c iiisecutive days in the first iveek of May, therewas a continuous flight of these butterflies in a south-easterly direction, with wind blowing from the this spring were decidedly more abundant than last year. The deaths of a goodmany cattle in the early part of the year were, I believe, accelerated, if not diiectly caused bythis pest. On one carcase I counted 175 distinct Fio 57.—.\ Dragonfly. 1901 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 119
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