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The caterpillar is about two inches long when full-grown, with a rather wide 

 reddish-brown stripe edged with white below, on each side of the body. It 

 has many spines which branch, the branches being tipped with black. Touching 



Fig. 301. — Luna Moth (Tropma luna L.), slightly over half natural size. 



N. Y. State Mus. Mem. 8.) 



(From Felt, 



the caterpillars produces a nettling of the skin, due to poison conveyed through 

 the tips of the spines. The larvce feed on fruit, forest and shade-trees and usually 

 make their cocoons among leaves on the ground. 



Fig. 302. — Female lo Moth {Automeris io Fab.), about two-thirds natural size. 

 Felt, N. Y. State Mus. Mem. 8.) 



(From 



There are quite a number of kinds of Giant Silkworms, the family being 

 represented in all parts of the country. One generation a year; the moths appear- 

 ing earlier or later in the spring according to the length of the season; the larvae 



