. Elementary entomology . FlG. 322. Gypsy-moth caterpillars. (Natural size) (After Britton) the bark near the cocoon. The caterpillar is two and one half inches long when full grown, of a dark, sooty color, somewhat hair}7, and with a double row of five pairs of blue and six pairs of red tuber- cles down the middle of the back, which distinguish it from all other com- mon caterpillars. The brown-tail moths are pure white, with a brown tuft of hairs at the tip of the abdomen, more prominent in the female. Both sexes are strong flyers and are carried readily by the wind. The eggs are laid in a m

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. Elementary entomology . FlG. 322. Gypsy-moth caterpillars. (Natural size) (After Britton) the bark near the cocoon. The caterpillar is two and one half inches long when full grown, of a dark, sooty color, somewhat hair}7, and with a double row of five pairs of blue and six pairs of red tuber- cles down the middle of the back, which distinguish it from all other com- mon caterpillars. The brown-tail moths are pure white, with a brown tuft of hairs at the tip of the abdomen, more prominent in the female. Both sexes are strong flyers and are carried readily by the wind. The eggs are laid in a mass on the foliage and are covered with brown hairs from the tip of the female's abdomen. They hatch early in August, and after feeding two or three weeks the little caterpillars draw FlG- 323- The moth> the leaves together at the tips of the male and female. (Natural size)

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