. Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . Fig. 461. The Tent Cateri)illar. Fig. 462 Fig. 459.—Egg mass on twig—natural size. Fig. 460.—Egg mass covered with web of newly-hatched caterpillars. Fig. 461.—Newly-formed web. Fig. 462.—Web bearing half-grown caterpillars—reduced in size. 600 610 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD apple are the favorite food-plants and are often stripped of theirfoliage year after year, but all of the common fruit trees are moreor less frequented, and when very abundant the common shadetrees are attacked and occasionally one is defoliated. Thelittle caterpil
. Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . Fig. 461. The Tent Cateri)illar. Fig. 462 Fig. 459.—Egg mass on twig—natural size. Fig. 460.—Egg mass covered with web of newly-hatched caterpillars. Fig. 461.—Newly-formed web. Fig. 462.—Web bearing half-grown caterpillars—reduced in size. 600 610 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD apple are the favorite food-plants and are often stripped of theirfoliage year after year, but all of the common fruit trees are moreor less frequented, and when very abundant the common shadetrees are attacked and occasionally one is defoliated. Thelittle caterpillars from one egg-mass co-operate in spinning thetent which furnishes them shelter at night and during cokl orwet weather. This is gradually enlarged with new layers of silk,the caterpillars living beneath the outer layers. The caterpil-lars are grown in fiveor six weeks, when theybecome exceedinglyrestless and wanderaway from the nestin search of suitableplaces for spinning theircocoons. The full-grown caterpillar isabout 2 inches long,d
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