. Economic entomology for the THE INSECT WORLD. One curious feature is that nearly all these span-worms closely resemble little dried twigs, branches, or even the stems of the leaves upon which they feed. Many of them when at rest hold to the twig by the hind feet only and keep the body rigidly ex- tended, seeming for all the world like a small process from the Fig. The lime-tree moth, Hybernia tiliaria.—Larva all sizes ; winged male and wingless female. plant itself I well remember one occasion when Cymatophora pampinaria was excessively abundant on certain cranberry bogs on C
. Economic entomology for the THE INSECT WORLD. One curious feature is that nearly all these span-worms closely resemble little dried twigs, branches, or even the stems of the leaves upon which they feed. Many of them when at rest hold to the twig by the hind feet only and keep the body rigidly ex- tended, seeming for all the world like a small process from the Fig. The lime-tree moth, Hybernia tiliaria.—Larva all sizes ; winged male and wingless female. plant itself I well remember one occasion when Cymatophora pampinaria was excessively abundant on certain cranberry bogs on Cape Cod. I saw the spaces that had been defoliated and saw the edge of the spaces unaffected, but, look as I would, I could not at first see the caterpillars. It was not until a little smoke was started over the edge of the attacked portion that larvae were observed, and then it seemed as if all the little twigs and branches obtained life in an instant and started travelling. The insects so. 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 Smith, John B. [from old catalog]. [n. p. ]
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