. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. FiG. 440. :2-mass of the Ri_L5t\- Moth. Original. ered with froth. The adult females are wingless, looking somewhat like gray spiders. They emerge and lay their eggs itt late summer. The simplest means of control is to spray with arsenical poison, either Paris green or arsenate of lead. Egg masses may be destroyed when found by painting them with creosote. Sometimes trees are banded to pre\-cnt the insect from invading them from near-ljy ])remises. The Fall Webworm i Hyphantria cunca D
. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. FiG. 440. :2-mass of the Ri_L5t\- Moth. Original. ered with froth. The adult females are wingless, looking somewhat like gray spiders. They emerge and lay their eggs itt late summer. The simplest means of control is to spray with arsenical poison, either Paris green or arsenate of lead. Egg masses may be destroyed when found by painting them with creosote. Sometimes trees are banded to pre\-cnt the insect from invading them from near-ljy ])remises. The Fall Webworm i Hyphantria cunca Dru.' Colonies of hairy caterpillars feed in com- pany on the foliage of orchard or forest trees, building a wel;> around the terminal leaves. As the green leaves witliin their nest are devotired. fresh fohage is drawn in and the nest enlarged, until it Ijecomes decidedly conspicuous, Se\-eral ditferent. 441, —Thf Fall Web- worm, 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'Kane, Walter Collins, b. 1877. New York : The Macmillan Company
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