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FRUIT INSECTS 



Fig. 135. 



Yellow-necked apple caterpillars in rest- 

 ing position. 



The moths ap- 

 pear in June and 

 July in New York ; 

 they have an ex- 

 panse of from If to 

 2 inches ; the front 

 wings are cinna- 

 mon-brown, crossed 

 by three or four dis- 

 tinct darker Unes ; 

 the hind wings are 

 pale straw-color, 

 and the front of the 

 thorax is a rich 

 reddish-brown (Fig. 134). The female deposits her white, 

 ovoid eggs in a flat cluster of from 25 to 100 on the underside 

 of the leaves. The 

 young caterpillars 

 are chestnut-brown 

 in color with obscure 

 darker stripes. At 

 first they feed en- 

 tirely on the under- 

 side of the leaves, 

 but after the second 

 molt they begin eat- 

 ing the edge of the 

 leaves. The seg- 

 ment behind the 

 head now becomes 

 orange or yellow 

 and the body is dis- 

 tinctly striped with 

 black and yellow 



Fig. 136. 



Cluster of yellow-necked apple cater- 

 pillars. 



