TENT CATERPILLARS AND THEIR NESTS. 5 



pushes its way through the meshes of the cocoon. When its 

 wings are finally spread out and dried it resembles Fig. 5, if it 

 happens to be a female moth. If it is a male moth it is some- 

 what smaller. The color in both is reddish brown. 



Thus the caterpillar has reached the highest stage of its 

 existence. Within a few weeks the "horrid worm" has 

 become a handsome moth. 



