. Elementary entomology . Fig. 300. Peach-tree-borer moths. (Natural size) The upper one and one at right are females, the other two are males. (After Slingerland) veins, leaving them quite transparent. The antennae are long, and the body is long and slender, the abdomen being commonly banded with yellow and terminating in a tuft of scales. Unlike most moths they are found frequenting flowers in the daytime, and may very readily be mistaken for wasps, which they seem to mimic. The best-known example of the family is the peach-tree-borer {Saiini- noidea exitiosa), whose white larvae bore into t
. Elementary entomology . Fig. 300. Peach-tree-borer moths. (Natural size) The upper one and one at right are females, the other two are males. (After Slingerland) veins, leaving them quite transparent. The antennae are long, and the body is long and slender, the abdomen being commonly banded with yellow and terminating in a tuft of scales. Unlike most moths they are found frequenting flowers in the daytime, and may very readily be mistaken for wasps, which they seem to mimic. The best-known example of the family is the peach-tree-borer {Saiini- noidea exitiosa), whose white larvae bore into the lower trunks and roots, being probably the worst insect enemy of the peach tree. The males are black with narrow yellow bands on the abdomen,
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