106 Bugs, Butterflies, and Beetles 



with a red line. They hatch out in between two 

 and three weeks' time. The babies are fond of 

 butternut and ash-tree leaves. When they take 

 off their old suit of clothes, they eat it. 



The caterpillar will grow to five inches in 

 length; it does not hold on to the twig with its 

 props (tail props) but hugs the twig with them. 

 Some time in August they go into a pupa or 

 chrysalis form. 



Although the Regal miller (Fig. 94) does not 

 appear to be common anywhere, it always attracts 

 the attention of any person who meets it, and hence 

 it has local names. It is sometimes known as the 

 walnut miller, and the caterpillar is often called the 

 "horned hickory devil" (Fig. 95), but the horns 

 are only a bluff, they do not sting or hurt you. 

 The front wings of the moths have yellow spots 

 on a sort of an olive-colored background with 

 stripes of lead color between the veins of the wings. 

 The body of the insect is a yellowish brown with 

 yellow markings, the feelers or antennae a bright 

 orange color with a tinge of brown. The moth 

 will measure about six inches across the wings. 



There are a number of princes and grand-dukes 

 and all those sorts of things belonging to this family 



