. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 211 of a corresponding thickness. (See Fig. 217.) It is of a delicate pale-green color, paler, approaching whitish, along the back, with a broad dusky-white stripe on Fig. 217. each side, margined with reddish lilac; breathing- pores yellow, ringed with brown. The body is cov- ered with clusters of green branching spines tipped with black, arising from small war its, of which there are a number on each segment. These spines are very sharp, and when the insect is care- lessly li
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 211 of a corresponding thickness. (See Fig. 217.) It is of a delicate pale-green color, paler, approaching whitish, along the back, with a broad dusky-white stripe on Fig. 217. each side, margined with reddish lilac; breathing- pores yellow, ringed with brown. The body is cov- ered with clusters of green branching spines tipped with black, arising from small war its, of which there are a number on each segment. These spines are very sharp, and when the insect is care- lessly liandled they sting severely, producing on the more tender portions of the skin an irritation, accompanied by redness and raised white blotches, very similar to that of the stinging nettle. Fig. 218 shows some of these branching spines magnified, b being stouter and more acute than the others. / When full grown, the larva descends to the ground, and, drawing together portions of dead leaves or other rubbish to form an outer covering, constructs within this a slight cocoon of tough, gummy, brown silk, in which the - change to a chrysalis takes place. The chrysalis is rather short and thick, of a pale-brown color, with a few reddish bristles on the abdominal joints, and a tuft of the same at the end. While common on the cherry, this caterpillar does not con- fine itself to one kind of food, but is also found feeding on the apple, thorn, willow, elm, dogwood, balsam poplar, sas-. TiQ. 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 Saunders, William, 1836-1914. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co
Size: 1416px × 1765px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookpublisherphila, bookyear1883
