HOW TO KNOW THE IMMATURE INSECTS 



41a. MaxUlary palpi present; on thorax and base of abdomen with a 

 crest; cremaster present. 

 Fig. 524 Subfamily Galleriinae, PYRALIDIDAE 



The caterpillars live ordinarily in the nests of bees 

 and wasps. The bee moths or waxworms sometimes 

 do serious damages in beehives. The pupae have 

 well-marked appendages and are enclosed within a 

 thick, tough cocoon. 



Fig. 524. Wax 

 moth, Golleria 

 melonello (L)(5^ 



41b. Not OS 41a 42 



42a. Antennae club-shaped; cremaster wanting. 



iOeneis) NYMPHALIDAE 



42b. Antennae not club-shaped; if so, cremaster present 43 



43a. The larval warts with setae arranged in circles 44 



43b. The larval warts with setae arranged not in circles 46 



44a. Antennae reaching beyond the half of fore wings 45 



44b. Antennae reaching less than half of fore wings. 



A few LYMANTRIIDAE 



45a. Cremaster as long as 9th and 10th abdominal segments together; 

 with hooked setae Subfamily Pantheinae, NOCTUIDAE 



45b. Cremaster if present, then abdomen with flanged plates. 



Fig. 525 Family ARCTIIDAE 



§The cocoon is usually formed by coarse silk and 

 larval body hairs. The pupation takes place mostly 

 under leaves or within debris on Ihe ground. 

 ™*^^^ The pupa shown here comes from the very com- 

 mon brick-red and black "banded woolly bear" cater- 

 pillar so much in evidence in the Fall. 



Fig. 525. Isia 

 isob«llo S. &. A. 



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