Insects injurious to fruits . and spinning their cocoonsabout the middle of July; the second hatching towards thelast of July and completing their growth by the end ofAugust, the moths from these latter depositing the eggs,which remain on the trees during the winter. The cocoon, as already stated,is spun in the leaf; it is ofa loose texture, gray in color, and has woven into it numeroushairs derived from the body of the caterpillar. Tiie enclosedchrysalis is of an oval form and brown color, sometimes whitish ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 59 on the under side, and is covered with short hairs or
Insects injurious to fruits . and spinning their cocoonsabout the middle of July; the second hatching towards thelast of July and completing their growth by the end ofAugust, the moths from these latter depositing the eggs,which remain on the trees during the winter. The cocoon, as already stated,is spun in the leaf; it is ofa loose texture, gray in color, and has woven into it numeroushairs derived from the body of the caterpillar. Tiie enclosedchrysalis is of an oval form and brown color, sometimes whitish ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 59 on the under side, and is covered with short hairs or about a fortnight the moth of the summer brood is hatched,when one might reasonably expect that from so handsome acaterpilkir there would appear a moth with some correspond-ing beauty, but any such expectation is doomed to disappoint-ment. In Fig. 51, c shows the chrysalis of the female, andd that of the male. The female moth is wingless, or provided with the merestrudiments of wings; her body is of a light-gray color, of an. Fig. 52. Fig. 53. e d
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