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In the spring the insect breaks open the brown pupal skin 

 and emerges from the cocoofi as the adult insect, the largest 

 moth in the state and one of the most beautiful. Its expanded 

 wings measure about five and one-half inches. In color the 

 wings are brownish with a border of gray and submarginal 

 lines of white and red. The form of the markings is better 

 represented by the accompanying illustration than by a descrip- 

 tion. 



The caterpillar is well attended by insect parasites and is 

 devoured by birds. In this state it has not occurred to a 

 troublesome extent and need not be feared as a pest, although 

 it feeds on apple and various forest trees. No remedies usu- 

 ally seem necessary. If the caterpillars are found upon a small 

 trees which they are likely to injure, hand picking will prove 

 effectual. 



Those who find the Cecropia cocoons during the winter are 

 often interested to save them in a warm room for the sake of 

 observing the beautiful moth which emerges (fig. 8). 



Fig. 8. U iwin Me. Agr. Exp. Sta. Circular.) 



3. Yellow-Necked Caterpillar. 

 (Datana ministra.) 



During the late summer the yellow-necked caterpillar is a 

 common orchard pest in Maine. 



The moth is tannish brown in color with head and the part 



