DEATH S HEAD MOTH. 



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number of large caterpillars or chrysalids plainly 

 to be Been, and easily to be laid hold of — whether 

 with fingers or by other means — the best thing to 

 do is, forthwith, to lay hold of them. In some cases 

 band-picking is perfectly ridiculous, but in some it is 



Fig, 100. — Death's Head Moth and caterpillar. 



not only a sure cure, but a very cheap one. It does 

 not follow because it is hand-picking that the cater- 

 pillars, or what not, are to be taken off one by one, or 

 that men, at a man's proper wage, are to be employed ; 

 but if children are shown precisely what they are to 

 do, and paid so much per hundred or per pint, they 

 will soon prove of great service. In Germany hand- 

 picking is much used. It is noticed at what time of 

 day the moth or beetle, or whatever it may be, is most 

 sluggish ; commonly this is on damp, sunless days, or 

 early in the morning. When it is known what the 

 best time is, the women or children shake the attacked 



