Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1896 . Orgyia leucostigma. a Adult female on cocoon, b Young larva, c Femalepupa, d Male pupa, e Adult male (after Riley). The eggs appear in masses (400-700) covered with a froth-like substance, that driesand hardens upon them, and serves to protect them from injury by the weather (rain),predaceous insects, and even birds. This covering is very white, and thus renders the. Fig. 55. 0. leucostigma, full-grown larva (after Riley). egcr masses quite conspicuous at a considerable distance where they are deposited. Thesemasses may be foun


Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1896 . Orgyia leucostigma. a Adult female on cocoon, b Young larva, c Femalepupa, d Male pupa, e Adult male (after Riley). The eggs appear in masses (400-700) covered with a froth-like substance, that driesand hardens upon them, and serves to protect them from injury by the weather (rain),predaceous insects, and even birds. This covering is very white, and thus renders the. Fig. 55. 0. leucostigma, full-grown larva (after Riley). egcr masses quite conspicuous at a considerable distance where they are deposited. Thesemasses may be found on the trunk of the trees, in crevices of the bark, on the largerlimbs or in sheltered spots, such as fence boards and on bunches of dead leaves hangingupon the tree. In Toronto, the trunks of the horse-chestnut trees attacked presented insome cases quite a spotted appearance, from the innumerable white masses of eggs andcocoons attached to the bark. As soon as the ^^<7S hatch, tiny caterpillars (fig. 51, 6) make their appearance (usuallyabout June), and, as development proceeds, they pass through a series of molts, three—(one ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 53 a week). After the third, the larva (6g. 55) presents all the striking characters which makeit so readily identified. The head, and the spots on the 9th and 10th segments areabright red color ; the back is black, with yellow lines along the sides ; the body i


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