Bulletin . Fig. 6.—Cocoon of Tent Caterpillar (Original). THE TENT CATERPILLAR 5I Two or three weeks later another change takes place, and from each cocoon there comes forth a reddish-brown moth (Fig. 7). The male moths are considerably smaller than the females. These moths are nocturnal, flying only at night, and are to be found throughout the greater part of July. The -«- H^ •-^ females deposit the eggs upon T7 TT 1 n/r .u /Af. ^ the twigs of trees and soon Fig. 7.—Female Moth (After Riley) . ° die. As already stated, theseeggs remain unhatched until the following spring. THE EXTENDING R
Bulletin . Fig. 6.—Cocoon of Tent Caterpillar (Original). THE TENT CATERPILLAR 5I Two or three weeks later another change takes place, and from each cocoon there comes forth a reddish-brown moth (Fig. 7). The male moths are considerably smaller than the females. These moths are nocturnal, flying only at night, and are to be found throughout the greater part of July. The -«- H^ •-^ females deposit the eggs upon T7 TT 1 n/r .u /Af. ^ the twigs of trees and soon Fig. 7.—Female Moth (After Riley) . ° die. As already stated, theseeggs remain unhatched until the following spring. THE EXTENDING RANGE OF FOOD PLANTS The ordinary food-plants of the tent caterpillar are the appleand the various kinds of wild cherry. The moths apparentlychoose these in preference to all other trees for the reception ofthe egg-masses. But during the outbreaks of the insect in NewEngland the last few years, as in fact in previous outbreaks inother regions, many of the caterpillars have been forced byhunger to attack the foliage of other trees and shrubs. In man
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