Insects and insecticidesA practical manual concerning noxious insects and the methods of preventing their injuries . Fig. 55. The Achemon Sphinx. most beautiful of the hawk moths. It measuresthree and a half inches across its expanded wings,and is brownish-gray in color, with lighter brownvariegations and deeper brown spots arranged onthe front wings, as shown in the figure. The poste-rior wings are pink, more reddish toward the middle, 120 INSECTS AFFECTING THE GRAPE. and having a wide grayish border along the hindmargin, on the front edge of which is a row of darkspots. These moths make thei
Insects and insecticidesA practical manual concerning noxious insects and the methods of preventing their injuries . Fig. 55. The Achemon Sphinx. most beautiful of the hawk moths. It measuresthree and a half inches across its expanded wings,and is brownish-gray in color, with lighter brownvariegations and deeper brown spots arranged onthe front wings, as shown in the figure. The poste-rior wings are pink, more reddish toward the middle, 120 INSECTS AFFECTING THE GRAPE. and having a wide grayish border along the hindmargin, on the front edge of which is a row of darkspots. These moths make their appearance duringJune and July, flying about grape-vines and various. Fig. 56. Pupa of Achernon Sphinx. flowers at dusk, and depositing their eggs on the un-der sides of the leaves of grape and Virginia a few da}^s these eggs hatch into little larvaethat feed upon the foliage, growing so rapidly thatby September they are nearly four inches long, andas thick as a mans finger (Fig. 57). At this timedifferent individuals vary greatly in color, some be-ing straw-yellow and others reddish-brown. Thereare six cream-colored spots along the sides, and nu-merous little dots scattered over the body. The head
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