Tent Caterpillars (Malacosoma Americana and disstria), Figs. 3-7. 



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Fig. 3. Apple Tree Tent-caterpillars on their 

 web ; c, egg-bracelet ; d, cocoon. 



Fig. 6. Forest Tent-caterpillar : Moth 

 and eggs 



Fig. 4. Tent-caterpillar 

 Male Moth. 



Fig. 5. Female Moth. 



Fig. 7. Forest Tent-Caterpillar. 



As soon as the buds open and the young leaves begin to appear, there 

 are hatched out from the eggs in which they have spent the winter, tiny 

 caterpillars which form a web in a convenient fork of the branch for their 

 shelter and concealment when at rest, and from which they travel up and 

 down, leaving a thread of silk as they go, and devouring the tender foli- 



