. The fruit-growers guide-book. orm This worm is the larva of a moth of pure white color»with an expanse of wings of about one and one-fourthinches. The worms attack a great number of differentkinds of plants, usually in mid-summer. The full grownlarvae are about an inch long, with varied markings. Theyarc thickly covered with hairs of various shades of yellow,being longer at the extremities of the body, and a dark Gypsy Moth 145 stripe extends along the back. They spin a web over thefoliage and confine their .operations inside the web. Asfast as all of the enclosed foliage is eaten the tent-l
. The fruit-growers guide-book. orm This worm is the larva of a moth of pure white color»with an expanse of wings of about one and one-fourthinches. The worms attack a great number of differentkinds of plants, usually in mid-summer. The full grownlarvae are about an inch long, with varied markings. Theyarc thickly covered with hairs of various shades of yellow,being longer at the extremities of the body, and a dark Gypsy Moth 145 stripe extends along the back. They spin a web over thefoliage and confine their .operations inside the web. Asfast as all of the enclosed foliage is eaten the tent-likeweb is extended, so that it may become of very large sizeif the insects are left undisturbed. On account of its foliage eating habits it can be con-trolled by any of the arsenical sprays which may be ap-plied. Usually it does not trouble orchards which havebeen thoroughly sprayed with lead arsenate, as this spraysticks, and when applied for the codling moth the foliagewill be so well poisoned that the web worm cannot Flat headed apple tree borer:A, adult; b, pupa; c and d, larvae. Gypsy Moth This insect at the present time is confined to a terri-tory quite the same as the brown tail moth, but differsfrom that insect in that it passes the winter in the eggstage. The female does not fly, although provided withwings. She crawls Into any convenient hiding place,whether it be under a bit of rubbish, under a stone, oldcan, fence or fence rail, building or what-not, and depositsher eggs. These are deposited in July or August and arecovered with the tan colored hairs from the body of the 146 The Fruit-Growers Guide-Book female. They do not hatch until the following May. Thefull grown larvae are dark in color and covered with darkhairs. The mature larvae have two rows of red spots andtwo rows of blue spots along the back with a yellowishbut dim stripe between them. Thej^ usually reach theirfull size about the 1st of July, and then transform to pupae are found in
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