Insects injurious to fruits . of an inch long, and is repre-sented from two different as-pects in Fig. 384, both muchmagnified. The moth measures, when itswings are spread, about halfan inch across; both front and hind wings are yellow, mottled with a deeper ochreous shade. This also is said to be a variety of No. remedies, see No. 227. No. 230.—The Red-striped Cranberry Worm. This larva, which is shown in Fig. 385, has been observedby Dr. Packard injuring the heads of cranberry-plants inMassachusetts. It draws and fastens the leaves together andfeeds on their ujiper surface, and someti
Insects injurious to fruits . of an inch long, and is repre-sented from two different as-pects in Fig. 384, both muchmagnified. The moth measures, when itswings are spread, about halfan inch across; both front and hind wings are yellow, mottled with a deeper ochreous shade. This also is said to be a variety of No. remedies, see No. 227. No. 230.—The Red-striped Cranberry Worm. This larva, which is shown in Fig. 385, has been observedby Dr. Packard injuring the heads of cranberry-plants inMassachusetts. It draws and fastens the leaves together andfeeds on their ujiper surface, and sometimes constructs a tubeof silk between two leaves, when the latter are severed fromtheir connection with the branch and held in place by silkenthreads. In these instances the leaves speedily wither andturn brown, and it often happens that the tips of vines overlarge patches will present a brown and withered aspect fromthis cause. 372 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE CRANBERRY. The larva (see Fig. 385) is less than half an inch long,
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