STRAWBEBRY INSECTS 



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Fig. 324. — Egg-cluster of the obsolete-banded strawberry leaf-roller, much 

 enlarged, with another cluster natural size in upper right-hand corner. 



leaflet by spinning silken threads above its body from one side 

 to the other across the mid- 

 rib and thus gradually draw- 

 ing the edges of the leaflet 

 together (Fig. 320). Within 

 this protecting roll the cater- 

 pillar lives, feeding upon the 

 leaf and often joining other 

 leaves to it. Sometimes the 

 caterpillar forms a similar 

 protection by drawing to- 

 gether the blossoms and 

 forming fruits, which it eats 

 (Fig. 325). 



In New York the first 

 brood of caterpillars (Fig. 

 321) mature about the first 



Fig. 



325. — Young fruits tied together 

 and ruined by the caterpillars. 



