Manual of vegetable-garden insects . Fig. 93. — The northern tomato worm moth ( X J). gray marked with irregular brown and black lines. The hind wings are whitish with a broad gray band on the outer margin and crossed with four black bands, the middle pair being sharply zigzag. The abdomen is gray marked with a narrow median black line and with a row of large yellow spots on each side which are surrounded with black. On the posterior margin of each segment are two white spots on each side, one above and one below the yellow spot of the succeeding segment. The moths appear on the wing in May or
Manual of vegetable-garden insects . Fig. 93. — The northern tomato worm moth ( X J). gray marked with irregular brown and black lines. The hind wings are whitish with a broad gray band on the outer margin and crossed with four black bands, the middle pair being sharply zigzag. The abdomen is gray marked with a narrow median black line and with a row of large yellow spots on each side which are surrounded with black. On the posterior margin of each segment are two white spots on each side, one above and one below the yellow spot of the succeeding segment. The moths appear on the wing in May or June. They fly in the evening or on dark days and may be seen hovering over flowers. Fig. 94. — Egg of the northerntomato worm (X 7). 170 MANUAL OF VEGETABLE-GARDEN INSECTS from which they suck the nectar. The mouth is provided witha long sucking tube from 2^ to 5 inches in length which whennot in use is coiled under the head. The eggs are depositedsingly, usually on the underside of the leaves. () is globular, nearly ys inch in diameter and greenish yellow
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