. As nature shows them : moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains : with over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life. Lepidoptera; Nature prints. BOMBYCIDS. 99 of excrement dropped by the caterpillar will enable one to search out its whereabouts. When found it is not an easy thing to dislodge him, as he has a tenacious gras[) of the twig to which he clings. The moth is sluggish in its movements, but flies well when once on the wing, and may occasionally be taken about electric lights. iSaturnia io is a familiar insect t
. As nature shows them : moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains : with over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life. Lepidoptera; Nature prints. BOMBYCIDS. 99 of excrement dropped by the caterpillar will enable one to search out its whereabouts. When found it is not an easy thing to dislodge him, as he has a tenacious gras[) of the twig to which he clings. The moth is sluggish in its movements, but flies well when once on the wing, and may occasionally be taken about electric lights. iSaturnia io is a familiar insect to most persons having a slight acquaintance with our native lepidopteria, and like several otlier native insects belonging to this family of BomI>i/ciJcv is a very lovely creature. The predominating color of the male, which expands tliree. Saturnia io. Female. inches, is a yellowish-buff, deeper on the lower wings, the fore Avings having a pur[)le-l)rown spot a little above the centre of the wing, witli tAvo wavy lines near the outer margin, and one near the base of the wing, of the same color. In the middle of the lower wing is a large bluish spot with a white centre, having a broad ring of black encircling it. Outside of this is a sharp black line and* then a red- dish-purple line which broadens out into a wide l)and on the inner margin. The body is yellow, and the antennte, wliich are red, are broad and pectinated. The female is considerably larger than the male. The upper wings are a deep ])rownisli-purple crossed by darker bands edged with fine wavy lines of yellow. The lower wings are much like those of the male except that the bluish spot is larger in proportion and the colors generally darker. The thorax is purple-brown and the abdomen reddish-brown. Tlie antennjo are narrow and slightly pectinated. The eggs of the female are laid on the leaves of a variety of trees — oak, willow, locust, poplar, apple, etc., — and are deposited in a. Please note that these image
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