Insects injurious to fruits . ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 171 b, c, its fringed wings; (7, one of its legs, and e, one of itsantennae). Another parasite is a small, black, four-wingedfly, and a third a larger two winged-fly; the two lattei attackthe insect in its caterpillar state. No. 88.—The Polyphemus (Linn.). The caterpillar of this insect, which is often found feedingon the leaves of plum-trees, is also known as the Americansilk-worm, in consequence of its having been extensivelyreared for the sake of its silk. When full grown, the larvapresents the appearance shown in Fig.
Insects injurious to fruits . ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 171 b, c, its fringed wings; (7, one of its legs, and e, one of itsantennae). Another parasite is a small, black, four-wingedfly, and a third a larger two winged-fly; the two lattei attackthe insect in its caterpillar state. No. 88.—The Polyphemus (Linn.). The caterpillar of this insect, which is often found feedingon the leaves of plum-trees, is also known as the Americansilk-worm, in consequence of its having been extensivelyreared for the sake of its silk. When full grown, the larvapresents the appearance shown in Fig. 182, and is over three Fig. inches in length, with a very thick body it is of a liandsomelight yellowish-green color, with seven oblique pale-yellow-ish lines on each side of the body; the cegments, which havethe spaces between them deeply indented, are each adornedwith six tubercles, which are sometimes tinted with orange,have a small silvery spot on the middle, and a few hairsarising from each. The head and anterior feet are palebrown, the spiracles pale orange, and the terminal segmentbordered by an angular band resembling the letter V, of apurplish-brown color. 172 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE PLUM.
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