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FBTTJT INSECTS 



IG. 144 



cocoon consisting of 

 a few threads of 

 silk, and there 

 transform to daik 

 r e tl d i s li - 1) r o w n 

 pupa^ (Fig. 143), 

 bearing groups of 

 yellowish hairs. 

 The pupal stage 

 lasts from a wcvk 

 to 17 days. 



As a rule, the 

 male moths emerge 



Male uiui female gipsy moths. ^ j.^^|^, ^^^y^^^ ^j^^^^ 



the females. The male has a light brown body and the wings 

 are yellowish -brown; the 

 front wing is traversed 

 by four wavy dark brown 

 lines. In the female the 

 body is light buff and the 

 wings are grayish white ; 

 the dark brown markings 

 on the front wings are 

 similar to those of the 

 male (Fig. 144). The 

 male moth has an expanse 

 of one and a half to two 

 inches, and the females 

 average somewhat larger. 

 The male flies with a 

 characteristic zigzag mo- 

 tion but the female is un- 

 able to use her wings and * ^^^- ^^^- "~ Calosoma sycophanta, a Euro- 

 n J -i 1 pean ground-beetle introduced into New Eng- 



USUally deposits her eggs land to control the gipsy moth. Enlarged. 



