112 Bugs, Butterflies, and Beetles 



is longer than that of a village gossip, it is short 

 compared to the nine-and-one-quarter-inch tongue 

 of one of the Madagascar moths. But we will not 

 have room to describe more of these millers. One 

 could make a big book on hawk moths alone. 



NOTCHED-WINGED MOTHS 



In making your collection of hawk moths, do 

 not forget those with the notched wings. The 

 caterpillars of this kind may be found on wistaria, 

 raspberry^ oak, apple, white birch, willow, cherry, 

 hazel and other trees and shi'ubs and there are 

 quite a number of them. The notched wings may 

 be found flying around your lamp in the farmhouse 

 or hiding under the projections on the outside of 

 the house in the daytime. 



The blind-eyed miller (Fig. 102) is a notched- 

 wing which lays bright-green shiny eggs, but the 

 vivid color gradually fades out before they hatch. 

 The babies creep out of the egg shell sometimes in 

 less than a week and sometimes a few days over a 

 week after the eggs are laid. 



The little caterpillars when they come out of 

 the eggs are very lively when touched and will 

 stand up on their hind legs and jerk their heads 



