. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet 889 giving the number of its segments, its colors, and markings, the number of its legs, appearance of the breathing pores. 9. Why does the fully grown caterpillar leave the tree and crawl down to find a place to hide? What does it do in its hiding place? 10. Describe the cocoon. Where was it spun? Cut open a cocoon and


. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet 889 giving the number of its segments, its colors, and markings, the number of its legs, appearance of the breathing pores. 9. Why does the fully grown caterpillar leave the tree and crawl down to find a place to hide? What does it do in its hiding place? 10. Describe the cocoon. Where was it spun? Cut open a cocoon and describe the pupa. What happens to the insect during its pupa state? Collect all the cocoons you can find and put them in a box, so that you can secure the moths when they issue. Describe one of these moths. 11. How can we protect our orchards from these caterpillars ? How do the chickadees help us in this work? 12. Are these tent caterpillars more common some years than others? Did you notice many of their white tents the past summer? Watch for them next spring and see whether they are common again. On what kinds of trees and shrubs do you find these tents ? Are there more on wild cherry than on any other plant ?. Tent of the apple-tree tent-caterp-llar. 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 New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. [Ithaca, N. Y. ?]


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