. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. 284 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. mens the white predominates ; other specimens are almost entirely black, excepting the spear-mark. According to Eu- ropean authorities the larva is brown or blackish brown, with a darker line along the middle of the back, and a row of horse- shoe-shaped spots on the sides. It feeds on birch and sweet gale. It is gregarious, a colony of larv^ spinning together the leaves of the food-plant, and thus forming a nest within which they live and feed. The larva has not yet been observed in this country. The Scallop-shell Moth. Ca
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. 284 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. mens the white predominates ; other specimens are almost entirely black, excepting the spear-mark. According to Eu- ropean authorities the larva is brown or blackish brown, with a darker line along the middle of the back, and a row of horse- shoe-shaped spots on the sides. It feeds on birch and sweet gale. It is gregarious, a colony of larv^ spinning together the leaves of the food-plant, and thus forming a nest within which they live and feed. The larva has not yet been observed in this country. The Scallop-shell Moth. Calocalpe itndiilata (Cal-o-caFpe un-du-la^ta).—This is a pretty. Fig. 336.—Calocalpe 7indulata. moth, with its yellow^ wings crossed by so many fine, zigzag, dark brown lines that it is hard to tell which of the two is the ground-color (Fig. 336). It lays its eggs in a cluster on a leaf near the tip of a twig of cherry, usually wild cherry. The larvae make a snug nest by fastening together the leaves at the end of the twig; and within this nest (Fig. 337) they live, adding new leaves to the outside as more food is needed. The leaves die and become brown, and thus render the nest conspicuous. The larvae are black above, with four white. 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 Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. joint author. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Pub. Co.
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