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 . Larva of .Macrosila quiuquemaculatiuj. The larvEe are usually green with a curved caudal spine. Spec-imens are occasionally found of a dark brown or black color. One can frequently locate the larva on its food plant by shaking 150 MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. the stems and listening for .snapping noise made by the jaws larva as .t .swings its head fron, side to side in a nienacino- man-ner. It .s quite
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 . Larva of .Macrosila quiuquemaculatiuj. The larvEe are usually green with a curved caudal spine. Spec-imens are occasionally found of a dark brown or black color. One can frequently locate the larva on its food plant by shaking 150 MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. the stems and listening for .snapping noise made by the jaws larva as .t .swings its head fron, side to side in a nienacino- man-ner. It .s quite harmless, however. The pupa is interesting f™m itstongue case, wdnch looks not unlike the handle of a jug It is frequently found while .spading or plougl,i„g the The pupapasses the winter several inches under ground, and works its way tothe surface n, spring when it is about to break the pupa case andemerge a perfect %. (See figure on page 140 ) This insect is widely distributed over the whole of the Unitedstates and Alacrosiia caii 1 he Carolma sphinx, Maoronla aaroUna, very closely resendjes tlieforegomg ,„ all three .stages of its existence, and also feeds on thesame plants. It , however, a somewhat smaller insect, and brownish ni color with less gray, whde the black markings o macui„t„s The larva is green, stippled with white dots, with seven ea rV n • * ??^- ^ line extending . o, each side. The stout caudal horn is usually bluish omous fhe? ^TT^ ^g the country folks, considered ven-omo^r,, the caudal horn probably giving lise to the idea that they can A large caterpillar, which feeds on the leaves of the elm and is SPHINXES. 151 interesting from its protective mimicry, is the larva of Geratomiaquadricornu. This larva is green, of the exact tint of the undersideof the elm leaf, and along its sides are a number of oblique light
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