Insects injurious to fruits . ar shining appearance, thered tint being due to scattered bright-red scales; there areno other spots or markings. The hind wings are glisteninggray. The body is of a dark slate-color, with a pale tuftof hairs at the tip of the abdomen. This insect is said to bemerely a variety of No. 36. No. 229.—The Yellow Cranberry vacciniivorana (Packard). In the cranberry-fields of New Jersey this is a commoninsect. The larva, which is shown magnified in Fig. 383,both back and side views, draws the leaves together, fastensthem with silken threads, and feeds upon the
Insects injurious to fruits . ar shining appearance, thered tint being due to scattered bright-red scales; there areno other spots or markings. The hind wings are glisteninggray. The body is of a dark slate-color, with a pale tuftof hairs at the tip of the abdomen. This insect is said to bemerely a variety of No. 36. No. 229.—The Yellow Cranberry vacciniivorana (Packard). In the cranberry-fields of New Jersey this is a commoninsect. The larva, which is shown magnified in Fig. 383,both back and side views, draws the leaves together, fastensthem with silken threads, and feeds upon their upper is of a pale-yellow color, with a slight greenish tinge, anda few fine, long, pale hairs arising from prominent mature, it is nearly three-tenths of an inch long. Thecaterpillar changes to a brown chrysalis within the leafy en- ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 371 closure, which, when the moth is about to escape, protrudespartly out of its hiding-place. The pupa is about a quarter Fig. 383. Fig.
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