As nature shows them; moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky mountainsWith over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life . Macrosila quiuquyiuaculalus. unless men are constantly engaged in picking worms from Larva of .Macrosila quiuquemaculatiuj. The larvEe are usually green with a curved caudal spine. Spec-imens are occasionally found of a dark brown or black color. One can frequently locate the larva on its food plant by shaking 150 MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. the stems and listening for .snapping noise made by the
As nature shows them; moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky mountainsWith over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life . Macrosila quiuquyiuaculalus. unless men are constantly engaged in picking worms from Larva of .Macrosila quiuquemaculatiuj. The larvEe are usually green with a curved caudal spine. Spec-imens are occasionally found of a dark brown or black color. One can frequently locate the larva on its food plant by shaking 150 MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. the stems and listening for .snapping noise made by the jaws larva as .t .swings its head fron, side to side in a nienacino- man-ner. It .s quite harmless, however. The pupa is interesting f™m itstongue case, wdnch looks not unlike the handle of a jug It is frequently found while .spading or plougl,i„g the The pupapasses the winter several inches under ground, and works its way tothe surface n, spring when it is about to break the pupa case andemerge a perfect %. (See figure on page 140 ) This insect is widely distributed over the whole of the Unitedstates and Canada.
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