. [Scientific lectures]. afew years will almost entirely rid you of this pest. On no accountdelay, as, if you do, they will slip through your fingers and verymuch increase your labors the next season. If they are neglecteduntil they cover more than you desire to prune away, kill as you dothe tent caterpillar. Some consider this the second brood of the tent caterpillar, butfrom the foregoing account it will at once be seen how widely theydiffer. It hibernates in the pupa state, they in the egg state; itappears in midsummer and fall, they in the spring; its moth is purewhite, theirs reddish brow
. [Scientific lectures]. afew years will almost entirely rid you of this pest. On no accountdelay, as, if you do, they will slip through your fingers and verymuch increase your labors the next season. If they are neglecteduntil they cover more than you desire to prune away, kill as you dothe tent caterpillar. Some consider this the second brood of the tent caterpillar, butfrom the foregoing account it will at once be seen how widely theydiffer. It hibernates in the pupa state, they in the egg state; itappears in midsummer and fall, they in the spring; its moth is purewhite, theirs reddish brown; its eggs are deposited on the leaf and 66 are hatched in a few days, theirs are deposited on the twig, so as tojjass the winter on the tree; this feeds solely upon the soft part ofthe leaf under its web, they devour the whole leaf always on the out-side of their tent. It will thus be seen that the only time and bestmanner of extermination-must be as above given. ROUND HEADED APPLE TREE BORER. Saperda JSivittata.
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