. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. 38 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 353 caterpillars have three pairs of very small legs, they have the appearance of being legless. Along the under side of the body is a series of fleshy elevations or sucking disks which serve for legs. When in motion the larvae glide along in a charac- teristic fashion, the lower surface of the body being pressed close to the object over which they move. Several species have spines which upon contact with the skin, cause severe irritation. When full grown, a caterpilla
. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. 38 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 353 caterpillars have three pairs of very small legs, they have the appearance of being legless. Along the under side of the body is a series of fleshy elevations or sucking disks which serve for legs. When in motion the larvae glide along in a charac- teristic fashion, the lower surface of the body being pressed close to the object over which they move. Several species have spines which upon contact with the skin, cause severe irritation. When full grown, a caterpillar spins a dense, egg-shaped or round cocoon of brown silk, usually between leaves. At one end of the cocoon is a cap which the moth pushes aside when it emerges. The moths are medium to small in size and have stout bodies. The several species vary greatly in 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 Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Amherst, : Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 1907-1974
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