As nature shows them; moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky mountainsWith over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life . ^ Stlieiiopis argeLlaiii. A remarkable characteristic of these moths is their exceedinglj- shortanteunpe. I have never seen the larva, and the life history of thesemoths is not known to me. Professor Comstock states that thelarva are nearly naked and grub-like in appearance, although fur-nished with sixteen legs. They feed upon wood and are found atthe roots or within the stems of plants. They transfo
As nature shows them; moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky mountainsWith over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life . ^ Stlieiiopis argeLlaiii. A remarkable characteristic of these moths is their exceedinglj- shortanteunpe. I have never seen the larva, and the life history of thesemoths is not known to me. Professor Comstock states that thelarva are nearly naked and grub-like in appearance, although fur-nished with sixteen legs. They feed upon wood and are found atthe roots or within the stems of plants. They transform either intheir burrows or in the case of those that feed outside of roots withinloose cocoons. S. argentomacuhita I have taken in northern Ohio,while collecting with a lamp. As it circled about the room, itlooked, Avith its long wings, a good deal like a large dragon-fly. Ialso found a specimen of the same species in the same localit}^ in thedaytime clinging to the under side of a blackberry leaf. S. argentata(the species ligured) I took at dusk in Jul}^ in South Sudbury, was flying slowly along the road in a wooded district, and I easilycaught up with it and knocked it down with
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