-12 Home Xatuke-Study Course. 



The Codling-moth 

 12. Do you find any wormy apples in your neighborhood? 



13. In which end of the apple is the hole and what part of the apple 

 is eaten? 



14. What does this larva change into finally? 



15. How does it pass the winter? 



16. What must be done to keep the apples free from the attack of 

 the codling moth? 



17. Tie an old rag around the trunk of an apple tree now and a 

 month later take it off and examine it for the codling-moth cocoons and 

 give results. 



Hairy Caterpillars 



The tussock moths are hair}- caterpillars which have brushes or hairs extending 

 out like tassels on either end of the body. These are most mischievous insects 

 and should be studied and exterminated if possible. 



18. Describe any tussock moth which you may find giving its color 

 along the back and sides, and the color of the brushes of hairs which ex- 

 tend out beyond the rest? 



19. Put any such caterpillar that you may find in a pasteboard box 

 with a tight cover with some chips or sticks in it and describe how the 

 insect changes to a pupa. 



Tlic Isabella Caterpillar or the "woolly bear" is smoothly clipped and has no 

 brushes of hairs extending out upon it. It is reddisli brown with black at both 

 ends and is quite harmless, and makes an interesting little companitin for the 

 children. 



20. Place any of the woolly bears which you may find in a box with 

 plenty of grass and note when it changes to a pupa. Keep the box closed 

 and in the spring study the moth which comes from it. 



