Bulletin . Fip. 10. The moth u, the willow tussock moth cateri)illarHemerocampa definita Fac-k.; 6, the rusty tussock moth caterpillar ryotolophim an-tiqua Linn.); c, the white-marked tussock moth caterpillar rtfemerocampa leuco-stigvta S. & A.); d, cocoon of .V. antiqua. All sliphtly FiR. 11. The White-marked Tussock Moth ;—1, full ktowd male and female lar-vae ; 2, adult females depositinf; epKs on cocoons ; 3, males ; 4, female pu-pae, from below and above ; 5, male pupae, from below and above ; 6, full grownlarva. July, 1908. J CATERPILLARS INJ
Bulletin . Fip. 10. The moth u, the willow tussock moth cateri)illarHemerocampa definita Fac-k.; 6, the rusty tussock moth caterpillar ryotolophim an-tiqua Linn.); c, the white-marked tussock moth caterpillar rtfemerocampa leuco-stigvta S. & A.); d, cocoon of .V. antiqua. All sliphtly FiR. 11. The White-marked Tussock Moth ;—1, full ktowd male and female lar-vae ; 2, adult females depositinf; epKs on cocoons ; 3, males ; 4, female pu-pae, from below and above ; 5, male pupae, from below and above ; 6, full grownlarva. July, 1908. J CATERPILLARS INJURING FOLIAGE. 225 REMEDIES FOR TUSSOCK MOTHS. Evidently all of the Tussock jMoths will respond to the samemeans of control on account of the similarity in life history. In the winter the eggs may be easily removed and destroyedwhile pruning the trees. The treatment of these pests closely re-sembles that for the Gypsy Moth, to which they are nearly re-lated. Where trees have been cleaned of etriis and neighboringtrees are badly infested, which will usually occur only with theWhite-marked Tussock ]\Ioth in New Hampshire, they may beprotected by banding with bodlime, tanglefoot, printers ink onpaper, or any similar sticky substance over which the caterpillarscannot crawl in ascending the tree, and which Avill no
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