. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. 66 THE REPORT OF THE [19 fresh food plant generally twice a day. I have taken descriptions of the different stages and will probably later on publish my notes in the Canadian Entomologist. Dr. Packard in his "Study of Insects" says that the larvae of Euprepia caja moult from five to ten times. At the electric light females of moths are thus secured which might be hard t« get otherwise. While at the electric light, however, the collector has not everything his own way as there is another competitor, whose nature
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. 66 THE REPORT OF THE [19 fresh food plant generally twice a day. I have taken descriptions of the different stages and will probably later on publish my notes in the Canadian Entomologist. Dr. Packard in his "Study of Insects" says that the larvae of Euprepia caja moult from five to ten times. At the electric light females of moths are thus secured which might be hard t« get otherwise. While at the electric light, however, the collector has not everything his own way as there is another competitor, whose nature it is to also visit the lights for the purpose of catching moths and other insects. 1 refer to the bats which frequent the electric lights securing many a desirable species, the wings of which are often found, the bat being seem- ingly contented with the body portion. The size of the moth does not in the least seem to frighten the bat as I have seen him catch and fly away with as large a species as Telea polyphemus. The moths when chased by the bat make a desperate effort to get away, but in the end they are generally captured. Some, however succeed in evading the bat by flying straight up in the air just at the time the bat makes a swoop upon them. Many a specimen which looks to be a " nice thing " has been caught by these bats, much to the collector's regret. Sparrows also pick many specimens from off the poles in early morning, the moths having rested there until that time. Constant visitors to the electric lights are the toads which hop nimbly along the ground and snap up many a treasure that might otherwise have graced the entomologist's cabinet. I have brought to the meeting some of the captures which we have been fortunate enough to make at the electric lights during the past summer. These no doubt may be of interest to the members present. INJURIOUS INSECTS OF THE ORCHARD, GARDEN AND FARM FOR THE SEASON OF 1899. By Prof. W. Lochhead, Ontario Agricultural Col
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