Insects injurious to fruits . female larger and without wing-cases. The chrysalids remain in the ground throughout thesummer, and the moths usually appear on the wing during themild weather which succeeds the first severe frosts in female moth of each species is without wings, andsluggish in movement, with a very odd spider-like appearance. (See b, Fig. 60.) With^^ ^^ ..^ ^ ^^^y f^istended with eggs, she drags herweary way along in amost ungainly manneruntil she reaches thebase of a suitable tree,up which she climbs, and there awaits the arrival of the body is of a uniform
Insects injurious to fruits . female larger and without wing-cases. The chrysalids remain in the ground throughout thesummer, and the moths usually appear on the wing during themild weather which succeeds the first severe frosts in female moth of each species is without wings, andsluggish in movement, with a very odd spider-like appearance. (See b, Fig. 60.) With^^ ^^ ..^ ^ ^^^y f^istended with eggs, she drags herweary way along in amost ungainly manneruntil she reaches thebase of a suitable tree,up which she climbs, and there awaits the arrival of the body is of a uniform shining ash color above, and graybeneath; it is from three to four tenths of an inch in fore wings of the male (Fig, 60, a) are of a brownish-gray color, very glossy, and are crossed by two rather irregu-lar whitish bands, tlie outer one enlarging near the apex,where it forms a large pale spot. The hind wings aregrayish brown, with a faint central blackish dot and a moreor less distinct whitish band crossing
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