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Another quite effective agent for the same work is the little 

 Chickadee who is with us as our best bird friend through the 

 winter months, as a very important factor in insect control. 

 Miss Mattie Wadsworth reported seeing Chickadees eating the 

 contents of three cocoons of cecropia near her home in Man- 

 chester. 



Mr. Geo. Yeaton saw one of the birds busily at work on one 

 of the cocoons. The little fellow would pick away a while and 

 then try to tear the tough fiber by scratching at the opening. 

 It took it about fifteen minutes to get through the two layers of 

 the cocoon. When it finally succeeded it gave a little sharp cry 

 and another bird flew quickly to the cocoon. Immediately a 

 pitched battle ensued, but the real owner finally succeeded in 

 driving away his antagonist and then settled down to enjoy his 

 feast of good things. 



Both the downy and hairy woodpeckers have been known to 

 feed on these pupae. 



INSECTS COLLECTED FROM UNDER THE BURLAP. 



Beside the gipsy larvse many other insects were taken from 

 under the burlap. The following are a few that were mentioned 

 by the men : — "June bugs ;" several weevils, a specimen of the 

 "Searcher," Calosona scrutator, also a number of the "Fiery 

 Hunter," C. calidum; two species of Buprestid beetles ; flat- 

 headed borer, Chrysobothris femorata; round-headed borer, 

 Saperda Candida; scavenger beetles, Silpha surinamensis ; large 

 Prionids, Prionus laticollis, and Orthosoma brunneum ; Elater 

 or snap beetles, several species; (Osmoderma scabra; oak 

 pruner; Elaphidion villosiim; rove beetles; several species of 

 the firefly family ; several borers ; many of the common ground- 

 beetles including Harpalus caliginosus; Ips fasciatus was quite 

 common ; cockroaches ; spice bugs ; cut worms ; geometrid 

 larvae ; Catocala larvae ; tussocks ; woolly bears ; "Lady bugs ;" 

 grasshoppers; ichneumon flies; hickory tiger moths; saw-fly 

 larvae ; and many others not identified. 



Of course no accurate record was kept of the insects found 

 under the burlap as the men were too busy for that. There is 

 no doubt but that it would pay every orchardist to try the 

 experiment on his fruit trees. By looking at the burlaps occa- 



