. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 94 THE GYPSY Fig. 9.—The Life Cycle of the Gypsy Moth. (Figures after Forbush and Fernald.) MEANS OF DISTRIBUTION. "The gypsy moth spreads chiefly during the caterpillar stage. While the caterpillars do not crawl very far from where they hatch, except when there is a scarcity of food, they have the habit, when small and young, of spinning down on their silken threads from trees (as do the canker worm caterpillars in orchards), and, falling on vehicles, are then carried from place to place. Electric cars, pleasure and business vehicles, bicy
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 94 THE GYPSY Fig. 9.—The Life Cycle of the Gypsy Moth. (Figures after Forbush and Fernald.) MEANS OF DISTRIBUTION. "The gypsy moth spreads chiefly during the caterpillar stage. While the caterpillars do not crawl very far from where they hatch, except when there is a scarcity of food, they have the habit, when small and young, of spinning down on their silken threads from trees (as do the canker worm caterpillars in orchards), and, falling on vehicles, are then carried from place to place. Electric cars, pleasure and business vehicles, bicycles and automobiles are common means of thus transporting the gypsy moth. "The special attention of all those upon whom gypsy moth suppression devolves is, therefore, directed to the necessity of keeping travelled highways free from the 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 New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. [Hanover, N. H. ] : New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station
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