Insects injurious to fruits . ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 67 Anisoptayx vernata, known as the Spring Canker-worm,has an oval-sliaped egg, shown at b in Fig. 61, highly mag-nified ; the natural size is shown inthe small cluster adjoining ; they areof a very delicate texture and pearly |^-it^lustre, and are laid in masses with-out any regularity or order in theirarrangement, often as many as ahundred together, usually hidden increvices of the bark of trees. Theyhatch at the same time as the other species. The young caterpillar is of a dark olive-green or browncolor, with a black shining head, and a ho
Insects injurious to fruits . ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 67 Anisoptayx vernata, known as the Spring Canker-worm,has an oval-sliaped egg, shown at b in Fig. 61, highly mag-nified ; the natural size is shown inthe small cluster adjoining ; they areof a very delicate texture and pearly |^-it^lustre, and are laid in masses with-out any regularity or order in theirarrangement, often as many as ahundred together, usually hidden increvices of the bark of trees. Theyhatch at the same time as the other species. The young caterpillar is of a dark olive-green or browncolor, with a black shining head, and a horny plate of thesame color on the top of the next segment; they, too, areabout an inch long when full grown, and present then theappearance shown at a. Fig. 61. In the same figure, c rep-resents a side view, and d a back view, of one of the segments,enlaro;ed so as to show their markinp;s more distinctly. When full grown, this caterpillar closely resembles that ofthe other species, and the body is equally variable in
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