. Elementary entomology. Insects. FIG. 330. Larvae of achemon sphinx Above, young larva with head extended and with caudal horn (en- larged) ; below, full-grown larva with head partly drawn in (natural size) rags the foliage of these plants, and is the tobac- co grower's \vorst enemy. It has slanting white stripes along its sides, and, when fully grown, is about three inches long; then it goes underground and transforms to a mahogany brown pupa from one and one half inches to two inches long, bearing a peculiar handlelike process bent back from the head, which has given it the names of 'jug-ha
. Elementary entomology. Insects. FIG. 330. Larvae of achemon sphinx Above, young larva with head extended and with caudal horn (en- larged) ; below, full-grown larva with head partly drawn in (natural size) rags the foliage of these plants, and is the tobac- co grower's \vorst enemy. It has slanting white stripes along its sides, and, when fully grown, is about three inches long; then it goes underground and transforms to a mahogany brown pupa from one and one half inches to two inches long, bearing a peculiar handlelike process bent back from the head, which has given it the names of 'jug-handle grub " and ' ; The pupae remain in the soil over winter, and the moths emerge the next spring, there being two broods a season in the North and three or four in the South. The adults are among our most handsome moths, the wings expanding from three to five inches, ashen-gray in color, the fore-wings crossed by irregular darker lines with a white spot near the center, and the hind-wrings. 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 Sanderson, Dwight, 1878-1944; Jackson, C. F. (Cicero Floyd), b. 1882. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn and Company
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