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 . e-spot near the tip of the forewing, similar to A. promethia. The male somewliat resembles thefemale of A. promethia in the color pattern of its wings, but is of adark yellowish and ochreous-yellow stippled with dark brown orblack. 110 MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. The hivge and fine moth, Telea poli/pJiemus, is a native of theeastern of tlie United States, and is a familiar object to everyone Avho has made a
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 . e-spot near the tip of the forewing, similar to A. promethia. The male somewliat resembles thefemale of A. promethia in the color pattern of its wings, but is of adark yellowish and ochreous-yellow stippled with dark brown orblack. 110 MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. The hivge and fine moth, Telea poli/pJiemus, is a native of theeastern of tlie United States, and is a familiar object to everyone Avho has made a eollection of native leindoptera. The etrsS ofthe moth, two or three hundred in numbei, are usually laid singlyon the leaves of a vaiiety of trees, oak being its favorite food plant,while maple, elm, birch, cherry, linden and other trees frequentlyfurnish its fleshy light green larva with sustenance. The larva mayeasily be distinguished from tlie larva of Artlf^K /n/m, which it closelyresembles, by the seven oblique yellow lines on each side of its ab-dominal segments, while the larva of A. Imia has a lateral 3ellowstripe. It is a large ajid handsome caterpillar, A\hen fully grown. Larva of Telea polyphenms. measuring three or four inches in length and thicker than onesthumb, while each of the segments is adorned witli pearl-coloredtubercles from wliicli spring silvery hairs. The cater|)illar spins itswhitish oval cocoon m Septemljer, and [)asses the winter in tlie })upa
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