Teachers' Leaflet. 



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Polyphemus moth. 



round, the top and bottom whitish, with a brown band around the sides. They 

 are laid in clusters, usually on the underside of the leaf. The caterpillar when first 

 hatched has a large, reddish head and yellowish body; in its later stages it is green 

 along the sides and bluish above. When fully grown its body is an exquisite green 

 with oblique yellow stripes along the body segments ; the ornamental warts are 

 orange or sometimes coral-red. The head is reddish-brown and the shield on the 

 last segment is bordered with brown. The moth affords an excellent subject for 

 a drawing lesson in water colors. The one thing to fix in the pupils' minds so that 

 they will distinguish this from the other giant silk-worm moths is the " window 

 pane," one small, oval, transparent spot in each wing. In the hind wing this is the 

 center of a very striking eye-spot. Have the children read the story of Poly- 

 phemus in connection with this molh. See fleart of Oak, Vol. IV, p. 11,3. 



References for Cc- 

 cropia and Polyphe- 

 mus. — ■ Cornell Na- 

 ture-Study Leaflet, 

 Vol. II, No. 3. Cor- 

 168, 546. "Moths and 

 Butterflies," Dicker- 

 nell Leaflets, pp. 167, 

 son from page 156 

 to 180. "Caterpillars 

 and Their Moths," 

 Chapter 12. "Moths 

 and Butterflies," Bal- 

 lard, p. 70. Manual 

 for Study of Insects, 

 352> 357' Polyphemus cocoon. 



