Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1898 . her abouttheir destructive propensities. It might not be out of place, however, to mention thaton account of these larvae being night feeders, all of their devastations are perpetratedafter dark, in the daytime the caterpillars hiding under crevices, stones or any otherarticle under which they can escape notice. To the collector of these moths there are various novel ways of procuring two most indulged in, in Toronto, are taking advantage of the electric lights, especi-ally in the outer districts, and by the still
Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1898 . her abouttheir destructive propensities. It might not be out of place, however, to mention thaton account of these larvae being night feeders, all of their devastations are perpetratedafter dark, in the daytime the caterpillars hiding under crevices, stones or any otherarticle under which they can escape notice. To the collector of these moths there are various novel ways of procuring two most indulged in, in Toronto, are taking advantage of the electric lights, especi-ally in the outer districts, and by the still better way of sugaring the trees. In theearly part of the season, say until towards the last week in June, the Noctuids that arethen flying seemingly prefer the electric lights to the sugar —such is my the first of July they start to come to the sugar, and from then until the end ofAugust, and even beginning of September, lots of good work can be accomplished. SomeNoctuids which are often taken at light are seldom captured at sugar, while on the. Fig. 18. other hand specimens like the catocala are generally taken at sugar. Relicta (Fig. 18)is about the only catocala which I have noticed around the lights to any extent. Daringthe end of August of last season quite a number of Relictas were to be seen at light,while I have, as yet, only met with one specimen at sugar. Collecting with the aid ofM sugar is much the better way, not only as regards the number of specimens taken, butalso in view of the variety of Noctuids secured. The season of 1897 was an ideal one for11 sugaring purposes in Toronto. One evening as many as 26 specimens of catocalaewere taken by Mr McDannough and myself while out together, besides a large numberof smaller interesting Noctuids. It is safe to say that among the Noctuids we find some of our most beautiful moths,but on the other hand some of them are most inconspicuous in color, being of a dull gray,brown, or black, or these colors combin
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