Natural history of animals; . Fig. 277. — Larva of Salt-marsh Moth. ?mm. Fig. 278.— Pupa of Salt-marsh Moth. Fig. 279.— Salt-marsh Moth. the wings are spotted with black, and the hind bodyhas a row of black spots above, a row below, and tworows on each side. The female has all the wingswhite, or all light gray, with the black spots. The Common Silkworm is celebrated as the Insectwhich produces the greater part of all the silk used in LEPTDOPTERA : MOTHS. I63 the world. It is the larva, or caterpillar, of a Moth,— Bombyx mori, — which expands about two inches,and which is of a light color, with
Natural history of animals; . Fig. 277. — Larva of Salt-marsh Moth. ?mm. Fig. 278.— Pupa of Salt-marsh Moth. Fig. 279.— Salt-marsh Moth. the wings are spotted with black, and the hind bodyhas a row of black spots above, a row below, and tworows on each side. The female has all the wingswhite, or all light gray, with the black spots. The Common Silkworm is celebrated as the Insectwhich produces the greater part of all the silk used in LEPTDOPTERA : MOTHS. I63 the world. It is the larva, or caterpillar, of a Moth,— Bombyx mori, — which expands about two inches,and which is of a light color, with two or three obscurestreaks, and a spot on the upper wings. It feeds uponthe leaves of the mulberry tree, and spins a cocoonabout an inch and a half long, of a yellow color, andwhich contains about one thousand feet of silk. ThisSilkworm is a native of China, but is now raised ex-tensively in Europe, and, to some extent, in thiscountry. The larvae of several other moths, most ofthem of large size, are now raised, not only in Asia,but also in Europe and in the
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