Bulletin . thistime for the young bro\\Ti-tail moth caterpillars, it will be foundto be good practice to spray about this time every year. Destroying the Pupae.—^luch can be done to check the in-crease of the web-worms, as well as of other insects, by destroyingthe pupae in the winter. They may commonly be found in hol-low trees, under bai-k, in fence corners, under rubbish, etc. Inmany of these places they can be easily destroyed. We Jiavefound the holloAV trunk of an old tree containing a score or more,when it might readily be cleaned out and filled with clay withbenefit to the tree itself.
Bulletin . thistime for the young bro\\Ti-tail moth caterpillars, it will be foundto be good practice to spray about this time every year. Destroying the Pupae.—^luch can be done to check the in-crease of the web-worms, as well as of other insects, by destroyingthe pupae in the winter. They may commonly be found in hol-low trees, under bai-k, in fence corners, under rubbish, etc. Inmany of these places they can be easily destroyed. We Jiavefound the holloAV trunk of an old tree containing a score or more,when it might readily be cleaned out and filled with clay withbenefit to the tree itself. THE YELLOW-NECKED APPLE CATERPILLAR.* During August one often notices the tips of the apple limbsdefoliated for a foot or two. If examined for the cause of thedamage either the Yellow-necked Apple Caterpillars or the nextspecies to be described, the Red-humped Apple Caterpillars (Seefigure 5) are found huddled together as if confessedly guilty. The Larva.—While young the caterpillars eat only the under. Fig. 5. The Yellow-necked Apple Caterpillar,pillars. From life. A characteristic cluster of cater- surfaces of the leaves and the softer parts, leaving the veins andupper surfaces, but as they become larger the whole leaf is de-voured except the stem. The larvae become full grown duringthe latter half of August, five or six weeks after hatching fromthe eggs. The caterpillar is then about two inches long with jetblack head, and the next segment, often termed the neck, a brightorange yellow, from which the insect is named. Down the mid- *Datana ministra Drury.
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