. Bulletin. Forests and forestry. 34- College of Forestry 4. THE MOURNING CLOAK BUTTERFLY OR SPINY ELM CATERPILLAR (Euvanessa antiopa Linn.) The casual observer frequently meets in the first warm days of spring a butterfly with dark purple wings bordered with yellow. This is the mourning cloak butterfly. In the fall as it goes into hibernation it is a striking and handsome insect but in the spring it is often battered and the wings. a»^ Fig. 11. Female mourning cloak butterfly laying eggs on twig of elm. (C. M. Weed, N. H. Exper. Sta. Bull. 67.) badly mutilated from winter exposure. In some lo
. Bulletin. Forests and forestry. 34- College of Forestry 4. THE MOURNING CLOAK BUTTERFLY OR SPINY ELM CATERPILLAR (Euvanessa antiopa Linn.) The casual observer frequently meets in the first warm days of spring a butterfly with dark purple wings bordered with yellow. This is the mourning cloak butterfly. In the fall as it goes into hibernation it is a striking and handsome insect but in the spring it is often battered and the wings. a»^ Fig. 11. Female mourning cloak butterfly laying eggs on twig of elm. (C. M. Weed, N. H. Exper. Sta. Bull. 67.) badly mutilated from winter exposure. In some localities the butterfly is abundant and its young or caterpillars are occasionally so numerous on poplars and elms as to cause serious anxiety. It is widely distributed, living in Europe, Asia and America. Reddish, ribbed eggs are laid in ring-like masses around small twigs and branches in the latter part of May (Fig. 11). In about two weeks the small, blackish caterpillars emerge. 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 State University College of Forestry at Syracuse University. Syracuse, N. Y.
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