. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . 7c), which issue the following Spring,expand about an inch and three lines and are of a pure whitecolor and without spots, except on the legs. The propertime to destroy these caterpillars is while they are young; atsuch time the branch containing the nest can be removed andits contents easily destroyed.——Use No. 97. CHAPTER XXXVII. The Tussock Moth. (Cal.) (Oryyia leucostigma—Abbot and Smith.) Order, Lepidoptera ; Family,
. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . 7c), which issue the following Spring,expand about an inch and three lines and are of a pure whitecolor and without spots, except on the legs. The propertime to destroy these caterpillars is while they are young; atsuch time the branch containing the nest can be removed andits contents easily destroyed.——Use No. 97. CHAPTER XXXVII. The Tussock Moth. (Cal.) (Oryyia leucostigma—Abbot and Smith.) Order, Lepidoptera ; Family, [Feeding upon the leaves of the apple and various othertrees ; a black and yellow caterpillar having large bunchesand plumes of hair on its body.] The pretty caterpillar of this moth (Fig. 58) is found onthe apple, pear, plum and horse-chestnut; also on the walnutand oak, and perennials in the flower garden, especially therose. Fig. 58. —Cater-pillar of TussockMoth — colors, yel-low and black, orbrown; hair white,the pencils blackish. When full grownit measures from oneinch and three lines to one inch and six lines in length. Color,. 88 INSECTS INFESTING THE APPLE TREE. Fig. 59. cream-yellow, a black dorsal stripe extending the wholelength of posterior of the third segment; next to the dorsalstripe is a yellowish line, then a greenish-blue stripe on whichis sometimes a black line; stigmatal line black, and belowthis is a yellow line. On dorsal section of segments 4, 5, 6 and7, is a wide tussock of whitish hair; on each side of the seg-ments next to the head, and on the dorsal part of the eleventhsegment, is a pencil of long black hairs, which are knobbed atthe apex; on top of segments nine and ten is a small redwart; ventral parts yelloAvish-white, tinged with blue. Headreddish-brown or dark red ; cervical-shield red. Pupa.—Pupa of male (Fig. 5dd) elongate, posteriorly atten-uated, inclosed in a coarse silky cocoon. Puj^a of female (), ovate in f
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