Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1898 . Fig. of the Fall species are shaped like .miniature flower pots, are ranged in regularrows in masses (Fig. 65, a, 6, c), and deposited in the late autumn in some prominentplace on the tree. The larvae of both species (Fig. 63 c and 65/) make their appear-ance with the opening of the leaves in the spring. They reach their full size in aboutthree weeks and are then about an inch in length. On account of their peculiarmethod of travelling, by alternately looping and extending their bodies, they are com-monly spoken of as
Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1898 . Fig. of the Fall species are shaped like .miniature flower pots, are ranged in regularrows in masses (Fig. 65, a, 6, c), and deposited in the late autumn in some prominentplace on the tree. The larvae of both species (Fig. 63 c and 65/) make their appear-ance with the opening of the leaves in the spring. They reach their full size in aboutthree weeks and are then about an inch in length. On account of their peculiarmethod of travelling, by alternately looping and extending their bodies, they are com-monly spoken of as measuring worms. They have another peculiar habit when dis-turbed of suddenly dropping from the tree and suspending themselves in mid air by adelicate silken web which is spun as they drop. Their appearance in this position isgraphically described in the following letter which I received from a correspondentlast June :—.
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