. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 223 fawn-colored silky down; they hatch during May or early in June. The young larvsG are of a brown color; they are very active, and begin at once to make for themselves coverings of silk, to which they fasten bits of the leaves of the tree on which they are feeding, forming small cones, as shown at g in the figure. As the larvae grow, they increase the size of their enclosures or bags from the bottom, until they become so large and heavy that they hang instead of remaining Fi
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 223 fawn-colored silky down; they hatch during May or early in June. The young larvsG are of a brown color; they are very active, and begin at once to make for themselves coverings of silk, to which they fasten bits of the leaves of the tree on which they are feeding, forming small cones, as shown at g in the figure. As the larvae grow, they increase the size of their enclosures or bags from the bottom, until they become so large and heavy that they hang instead of remaining Fic. upright, as at first. By the end of July the caterpillars become full grown, when they appear as shown at /, Fig- 226, where the larva is seen with its head and a portion of its anterior segments protruded from the bag. When taken out of the enclosure at this stage, it presents the appearance shown at a in the figure, that portion of the body which has been covered by the bag being soft, and of a dull-brownish color, inclining to red at the sides, while the three anterior segments, which are exposed when the insect is feeding or travelling, are horny and mottled with black and white. The small, fleshy prolegs on the middle and hinder segments are fringed with numerous hooks, by which the larva is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, William, 1836-1914. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co
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