Economic entomology for the farmer Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower [microform] : and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges economicentomolo00insmit Year: 1896 THE INSECT WORLD. 309 One curious feature is that nearly all these span-worms closely resemble little dried twigs, branches, or even the stems of the leaves upon which they feed. Many of them when at rest hold to the twig by the hind feet only and keep the body rigidly ex- tended, seeming for all the world like a small process from the Fkk y:^i- The lime-tree moth, Hybernia tiliaria.—\-,\
Economic entomology for the farmer Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower [microform] : and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges economicentomolo00insmit Year: 1896 THE INSECT WORLD. 309 One curious feature is that nearly all these span-worms closely resemble little dried twigs, branches, or even the stems of the leaves upon which they feed. Many of them when at rest hold to the twig by the hind feet only and keep the body rigidly ex- tended, seeming for all the world like a small process from the Fkk y:^i- The lime-tree moth, Hybernia tiliaria.—\-,\2. all sizes ; winged male and wingless female. plant itself I well remember one occasion when Cymatophora pampina7-ia was excessively abundant on certain cranberry bogs on Cape Cod. I saw the spaces that had been defoliated and saw the edge of the spaces unaffected, but, look as I would, I could not at first see the caterpillars. It was not until a little smoke was started over the edge of the attacked portion that larvae were observed, and then it seemed as if all the little twigs and branches obtained life in an instant and started travelling. The insects so
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