. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . 84 INSECTS INFESTING THE APPIE TREE. form a black lateral line, or when the caterpillar is stretchedappears as a large black spot on the side of each segment; inthe center of these spots is a small bluish mark ; below this isa yellow (orange) line, and lower are five crinkled lines, yellowand black. Ventral parts a dark, dusky color; on one of theposterior segments is a small blackish wart. The body isclothed with soft short hairs, ra
. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . 84 INSECTS INFESTING THE APPIE TREE. form a black lateral line, or when the caterpillar is stretchedappears as a large black spot on the side of each segment; inthe center of these spots is a small bluish mark ; below this isa yellow (orange) line, and lower are five crinkled lines, yellowand black. Ventral parts a dark, dusky color; on one of theposterior segments is a small blackish wart. The body isclothed with soft short hairs, rather thicker on the sides thanon the back and ventral parts. When full grown it spins acocoon (Fig. 52d;, in Avhich it undergoes its —The pupa state is from fourteen to sixteen days. MOTH. Fiff. Fig. 54. Fig. of Orchard TentCaterpillar—color, brown. Fig. oo.—Female Moth of Orchard Tent Caterpillar—(some-times called the American Lackey Moth)—colors, yellowish orreddish-brown and white. The moth (Fig. 53) differs but little in appearance from theC. constricta; the color is somewhat lighter; the lines on thefore-wings are more oblique, and the apex shorter. In somespecimens the band between the lines of the fore-wing are dark,or of the same color as the base and apex; in others it is verylight, or what may be termM a dirty white. The perfect insectsappear about the latter part of May. They deposit their eggs(Fig. 54) on the branches on which they feed, and cover themwith a secretion to protect them in the Winter season. Theyoung caterpillars hatch about the time the leaves open. Thisspecies can be exterminated by picking off and destroying thebunches of eggs before the tree leaves out, and by picking offand destroying tents when made ; or the latter may be bur
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