Elementary entomology (1912) Elementary entomology elementaryento00sand Year: 1912 FlG. 72. Egg mass of the tent caterpillar (Photograph by Weed) heres and which protects them from changes of moisture and temperature. Life history of the tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americana). Complete meta- morphosis. With the bursting of the leaf buds in early spring the tips of the branches of apple and wild cherry trees are festooned by the small, tentlike webs of the tent caterpillar. Usually the web is formed on a small crotch, which gives it the tent shape, and farther out on the twig will be found th
Elementary entomology (1912) Elementary entomology elementaryento00sand Year: 1912 FlG. 72. Egg mass of the tent caterpillar (Photograph by Weed) heres and which protects them from changes of moisture and temperature. Life history of the tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americana). Complete meta- morphosis. With the bursting of the leaf buds in early spring the tips of the branches of apple and wild cherry trees are festooned by the small, tentlike webs of the tent caterpillar. Usually the web is formed on a small crotch, which gives it the tent shape, and farther out on the twig will be found the egg mass from which Fig. 73. Web of young tent caterpillars over the egg mass (Photograph by Weed) the little caterpillars hatched, just before the leaf buds opened.
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