. Elementary entomology. Entomology. THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 197 moths may be readily recognized, their slender bodies, small heads, and broad wings, which are usually noticeably thin and frail, give them a characteristic appearance. They frequent forests and edges of woodlands, and though a few are orchard pests, and others affect the bush fruits, nearly all of the cater- pillars feed upon the foliage of forest or shade trees, and but few frequent low-grow- ing vegetation. The moths vary from less than an inch to over two inches in wing expanse, but are mostly of medium size. The wings rema
. Elementary entomology. Entomology. THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 197 moths may be readily recognized, their slender bodies, small heads, and broad wings, which are usually noticeably thin and frail, give them a characteristic appearance. They frequent forests and edges of woodlands, and though a few are orchard pests, and others affect the bush fruits, nearly all of the cater- pillars feed upon the foliage of forest or shade trees, and but few frequent low-grow- ing vegetation. The moths vary from less than an inch to over two inches in wing expanse, but are mostly of medium size. The wings remain spread when at rest. Possibly the best-known exam- ples are the canker- worms, which attack the foliage of fruit and shade trees in early spring and drop down from the trees on their silken threads. The females of the canker- worms and some nearl)' related species are wing- less and look much more like fat spiders than moths. The chain- dotted geometer {Cin- gilia catenaria) is a snow-white moth marked with zigzag lines and dots of black. Its larv^ae feed on various low-growing shrubs and trees and sometimes appear in great numbers, as was the case in New Hampshire in 1906, when many acres of sweet fern and scrub birches were stripped. The larvae are of a bright straw yellow,. Fig. 309. The chain-dotted geometer (Chigilia catenaria); larva ; larva spinning cocoon ; pupa in cocoon; moth. (Slightly enlarged). 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 Sanderson, Dwight, 1878-1944; Jackson, C. F. (Cicero Floyd), b. 1882; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. Boston, Ginn
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