. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Arctiidae Genus ISIA Walker Three species belono^ to this genus, one found in Argentina, the other in Turkestan, and the third in the United States and Fig. 68—Tsia isabella, $ . \. (After Hanipson.) (i) Isia isabella Abbot & Smith, Plate XVI, Fig. 13, ?. (The Isabella Tiger-moth.) This common insect is found everywhere in the United States. The caterpillar is the familiar "woolly bear," which may be often seen by the roadside rapidly making its way in
. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Arctiidae Genus ISIA Walker Three species belono^ to this genus, one found in Argentina, the other in Turkestan, and the third in the United States and Fig. 68—Tsia isabella, $ . \. (After Hanipson.) (i) Isia isabella Abbot & Smith, Plate XVI, Fig. 13, ?. (The Isabella Tiger-moth.) This common insect is found everywhere in the United States. The caterpillar is the familiar "woolly bear," which may be often seen by the roadside rapidly making its way in the fall of the year to a hiding-place in which to hibernate, or. in the spring, to some spot where it may lind food. It is reddish- brown in color, black at either end. When disturbed, it curls up and lies motionless, as if feigning death. To "caterpillar," in the slang phrase of the Middle West, is to silently succumb a- Fig. 69.—Ist'a isabella. a. larva; /'. pupa. and yield to the unavoidable. The larva feeds freely upon a great variety of herbaceous plants. It is fond of the grasses, and particularly likes the leaves of the plantain {Plantago). There does not appear to be any marked tendency to variation in this species. Both the moth and the larva are common objects. v\ith which every American schoolboy who has lived in thi- country 125. 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 Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932. Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, Page & Co.
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