GOAT-MOTH. 



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afforded by these galleries during the colder months of 

 winter, before the arrival of which it scoops out a hollow 

 in the tree, if it do not find one ready prepared, sufficiently 



Caterpillar of Goat-Moth in a Willow Tree. 



large to contain its body in a bent or somewhat coiled-up 

 position. On sawing off" a portion of an old poplar in the 

 winter of 1827, we found such a cell with a caterpillar 

 coiled up in it. 



winter Nest of the Goat-Caterpillar 



It had not, however, been contented with the bare walls 

 of the retreat which it had hewn out of the tree, for it had 

 lined it with a fabric as thick as coarse broadcloth, and 

 equally warm, composed of the raspings of the wood 

 scooped out of the cell, united with the strong silk which 

 every species of caterpillar can spin. In this snug retreat 



