. Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . Fig. 412.—The brow-n-tail moth (Eu-?prodis chrysorrhoea Linn.): male above,female below—natural size. Fig. 413.—Brown-tail mothsassembled on electric-lightpole, Maiden, Mass., July12, 1905. (After Kirkland.) leaves from a distance, but the leaves are merely the outer covering,and if the silk web be torn open, there will be found numeroussmall pellets of silk each enclosing from three to twelve of the little 562 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD partly grown caterpillars. The caterpillars emerge just as the budsburst in the spring and feed on
. Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . Fig. 412.—The brow-n-tail moth (Eu-?prodis chrysorrhoea Linn.): male above,female below—natural size. Fig. 413.—Brown-tail mothsassembled on electric-lightpole, Maiden, Mass., July12, 1905. (After Kirkland.) leaves from a distance, but the leaves are merely the outer covering,and if the silk web be torn open, there will be found numeroussmall pellets of silk each enclosing from three to twelve of the little 562 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD partly grown caterpillars. The caterpillars emerge just as the budsburst in the spring and feed on the expanding foliage. Where?abundant they soon strip a tree, for each of the nests harbors400 or 500 little caterpillars. In five or six weeks they havebecome full 5rown and spin thin cocoons of white silk among
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