Annual report of the Regents . ken at sugar, atJamaica, L. I., on August 12, 1890, by Mr. J. V. D. Walker. The time of appearance of this moth is extended over nearly one-half of the year — in June, August, September and November. Tmetocera ocellana (Schiff.).The Eye-Spotted Bud-moth. Inquiries are frequently received of a small caterpillar discoveredon apple and other fruit trees, feeding among the opening leaves orburrowing into the green tips. It is of a dull-brown color, with itshead and front part of its body black, and bearing afew short scattering hairs. When full grown, it isabout half
Annual report of the Regents . ken at sugar, atJamaica, L. I., on August 12, 1890, by Mr. J. V. D. Walker. The time of appearance of this moth is extended over nearly one-half of the year — in June, August, September and November. Tmetocera ocellana (Schiff.).The Eye-Spotted Bud-moth. Inquiries are frequently received of a small caterpillar discoveredon apple and other fruit trees, feeding among the opening leaves orburrowing into the green tips. It is of a dull-brown color, with itshead and front part of its body black, and bearing afew short scattering hairs. When full grown, it isabout half an inch long. In its perfect state it is asmall moth known as the Tmetocera ocellana or eye-FiG. 28. — The spotted bud-moth, from the eye-like markings on theeye-spotted bud- front wings and its feeding habit. It feeds on pear,^cE^LLlNA^anTfts ciierry, and plum buds, as well as on those of thecaterpillar. apple. The caterpillar may be found during early May, boring into the base of the blossom buds, which it ties together. Report of the State Entomologist 307 with its silken threads, and consumes one after another until onlytheir blackened remains are left. Later in the month and extendinginto June, it spins together the young leaves and feeds upon also bores into the blossom-bearing tips, eating thfe pith and caus-ing their death. The moths usually appear abroad in July, althoughin rearing them I have had them emerge during the first week ofJune. Their, eggs are deposited soon thereafter and the caterpillarscome from them in about a week. This is the second brood, and asthe leaves at this time are full-grown, their depredations are not seri-ous, and have not attracted much attention. Large numbers of thesecaterpillars are sometimes found on a single tree, where their pres-ence readily arrests attention, and their injuries become serious fromthe proportion of blossom buds destroyed. This pest is hardly knownin the western states. The present season has presented co
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