. An address upon farm pests, including insects, Fungi, and animalcules . Fig. 14. Fig. 13- All natural size ; a, larva full grown, side view ; b, larva full grown, back view ; c, clusterof eggs on a twig; d, cocoon. its habits. The eggs are laid by a night-flying moth (Fig. 14).Its color is a dull, yellowish brown, or something inclined to thereddish tint; it is unusually thick-bodied and hairy. Its wingsare characterized chiefly by the front wings being divided intothree nearly equal parts, by two transverse whitish or paleyellowish lines, and by the middle space being paler than therest of
. An address upon farm pests, including insects, Fungi, and animalcules . Fig. 14. Fig. 13- All natural size ; a, larva full grown, side view ; b, larva full grown, back view ; c, clusterof eggs on a twig; d, cocoon. its habits. The eggs are laid by a night-flying moth (Fig. 14).Its color is a dull, yellowish brown, or something inclined to thereddish tint; it is unusually thick-bodied and hairy. Its wingsare characterized chiefly by the front wings being divided intothree nearly equal parts, by two transverse whitish or paleyellowish lines, and by the middle space being paler than therest of the wing, in the male, while it is often the same color asthe rest, or even darker, in the female. Riley says the color is very variable in the Western Fitch notices great variations, but in this section I do notfind the variations very great, and think all will readily recog-nize the moth from the foregoing description. The moth here described lays her eggs in the night, when shemay be found hovering about the tree, in August, or, in the 18 southern part of
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