. Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;. s the furry, brick-red and black Isabella caterpillar, which can be seenduring October in New Eng-land, hurrying nervously insearch of winter quarters. The Bombycidae2 include,as a rule, large and thick-bodied moths. Here belong o the silkworm moths - - theonly moths of use to man.( )f these, Bombyx mart 3 isthe most generally employedin the manufacture of silk. Itoriginally came from China,feeds on the leaves of thewhite mulberry, and is reared oneof theSesiidse Cnie% in China> Ja
. Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;. s the furry, brick-red and black Isabella caterpillar, which can be seenduring October in New Eng-land, hurrying nervously insearch of winter quarters. The Bombycidae2 include,as a rule, large and thick-bodied moths. Here belong o the silkworm moths - - theonly moths of use to man.( )f these, Bombyx mart 3 isthe most generally employedin the manufacture of silk. Itoriginally came from China,feeds on the leaves of thewhite mulberry, and is reared oneof theSesiidse Cnie% in China> JaPan> Itilly> and France. The method ofculture is as follows : Theeggs (grains) are laid in the autumn, kept over winterin a dry, airy, and cool place, and hatched when the mul-berry begins to send out its leaves. On these leavesthe larvie are put to feed, and after a month they beginto spin. For commercial purposes the larvae are induced 1 From ap/cros, bear. 2 Bombyx-like. Aristotle called the rustling silk /36/x/3os ; hence thename Bombyx for the silkworm. 3 morus, a mulberry .u in stem. Nat. size. Photo, THE BUTTERFLY AND ITS ALLIES to spin the cocoons on prepared twigs or straw. A fewdays after the cocoon is completed its inhabitant is killed
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