. Elementary entomology. Entomology. Fig. 314 a. Moth of the army-worm {Leucatiia itnipiincta). (Natural size) (.\fter Riley) rather narrow, short, and stout, crossed by darker or lighter wavy lines, and with one or two darker or lighter spots toward the center. The hind-wings are usually plain, and when at rest are concealed by the fore-wings, which cover them, either fiat on the back or slightly roof-shaped. Some of the caterpillars are hairy like the " woolly bears," but most of them are smooth, dull-colored '" worms," obscurely striped, as are the com- mon cutworms. Alm
. Elementary entomology. Entomology. Fig. 314 a. Moth of the army-worm {Leucatiia itnipiincta). (Natural size) (.\fter Riley) rather narrow, short, and stout, crossed by darker or lighter wavy lines, and with one or two darker or lighter spots toward the center. The hind-wings are usually plain, and when at rest are concealed by the fore-wings, which cover them, either fiat on the back or slightly roof-shaped. Some of the caterpillars are hairy like the " woolly bears," but most of them are smooth, dull-colored '" worms," obscurely striped, as are the com- mon cutworms. Almost all of the larvae feed on low-growing vegeta- tion and pupate in the ground. Among the moths most often observed are those of the northern grass worm {^Dnxstcria erechtea). They are the common moths with drab-gray fore-wings, crossed with two dark bands, which fly up as one crosses a meadow or pasture. The larvae are green, narrowly striped, and are semiloopers, some- what resembling the measuring worms in their gait. They feed on clover, but rarely become injurious. The common cutworms which attack garden and field crops Fig. 314^. Army-worms. (Natural size) throughout the country (After Weed) are the larvae of numerous. 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 Sanderson, Dwight, 1878-1944; Jackson, C. F. (Cicero Floyd), b. 1882; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. Boston, Ginn
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