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4. Save specimens for your collection of anything 

 illustrating- the habits of the species and specimens 

 of each of the stages in the development of the species. 

 Arrange these specimens in your collection, labeled 

 as fully as you can. 



5. Write an account of what you have learned. 

 The following are some of the more common of 



the orchard insects that feed on foliage :- 



The yellow-necked apple-tree-worm, Datana minis- 

 tra (Da-ta'na mi nis'tra).- -This caterpillar has the 



FIG. 138. The yellow-necked apple-tree-worm. 



curious habit of assuming the attitude shown in Fig. 

 138. It feeds on forest trees as well as fruit trees. 

 It remains throughout the 

 winter in the pupa state. 

 Fig. 139 represents the 

 adult. There are sev- 

 eral closely allied species 

 which feed on forest trees. 

 The red -humped ap- 

 ple-worm, GLdemasia con- FIG. 139. 



