. Insect life; an introduction to nature study and a guide for teachers, students and others interested in out-of-door life. Entomology; Nature study. 174 INSECT LIFE. cinna {CEd-e-ma'si-a con-cin'no).—The larva of the spe- cies has a coral-red head, and there is a hump of the same color on the back of the first abdominal. Fig. 140.—The red-humped apple-worm. segment (Fig. 140). This species passes the winter in the pupa state, and the adults appear in June and July. The measuring-worms.—There are many kinds of these. Fig. 141 represents one of them. They are called measuring-worms on account
. Insect life; an introduction to nature study and a guide for teachers, students and others interested in out-of-door life. Entomology; Nature study. 174 INSECT LIFE. cinna {CEd-e-ma'si-a con-cin'no).—The larva of the spe- cies has a coral-red head, and there is a hump of the same color on the back of the first abdominal. Fig. 140.—The red-humped apple-worm. segment (Fig. 140). This species passes the winter in the pupa state, and the adults appear in June and July. The measuring-worms.—There are many kinds of these. Fig. 141 represents one of them. They are called measuring-worms on account of the curious way in which they walk. The most important species that infest fruit trees are known as canker-worms. There are two species of canker-worms, which are very similar in appearance and habits. In both the adult female is wingless (Fig. 142), while the male (Fig. 143) has well-devel- oped wings. The white-marked tussock-moth, No- tolophus leucostigma {No-tol'o-phus leu-co- ^i°- 142.—Fe- stig'md).—This caterpillar (Fig. 144) is 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 Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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