. Annual report of the Regents . ghting them bravely for a week or two, manygave up the contest in despair, weary of the slaughter. Many an orchardwas rendered bare and leafless and in some instances the woods were sovoid of foliage as to remind one of winter. In southern Illinois thisinsect made a frightful inroad upon the apple orchard, absolutely defolia-ting every tree in large districts in 1883 (Forbes, see citation). Last year the caterpillars committed very extensive ravages along theOttawa river, stripping the aspen groves of every leaf and seriously\Xi]\xxvs\^oi\\ti \itts (^Oitaiua na
. Annual report of the Regents . ghting them bravely for a week or two, manygave up the contest in despair, weary of the slaughter. Many an orchardwas rendered bare and leafless and in some instances the woods were sovoid of foliage as to remind one of winter. In southern Illinois thisinsect made a frightful inroad upon the apple orchard, absolutely defolia-ting every tree in large districts in 1883 (Forbes, see citation). Last year the caterpillars committed very extensive ravages along theOttawa river, stripping the aspen groves of every leaf and seriously\Xi]\xxvs\^oi\\ti \itts (^Oitaiua naturalist. 1898. 12:13). 194 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Description. This insect can be distinguished from the precedingby the absence of the conspicuous white tents or nests. The foresttent caterpillars spin a web but it is much thinner than in thecase of the species commonly occurring on apple-trees, and usuallyescapes observation on account of its being attached to the side of alimb, instead of stretched between diverging Vig. 9 Forest tent caterpillar: la, cluster of eggs ;6, female; c, top view of an egg; cf^ side view of sev-eral eggs (after Riley).
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