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FARMERS’ BULLETIN 564. 
FOOD PLANTS. 
The caterpillars of the brown-tail moth commonly feed on apple, 
pear, plum, oak, and willow, and they are sometimes found in con- 
Joleners pin 
Wie, 4.—Different stages of the brown-tail moth (Buproctis chrysorrhea) : Winter 
nest at upper left; male and female adults, lower right ; cocoon in leaves, upper 
right ; male and female chrysalides above, male at left ; full-grown larva in center, 
somewhat reduced; young larve at its left; egg mass removed from leaf, showing 
single eggs, at lower left; female ovipositing on leaf: egg mass also on same leaf. 
(Original. ) : 
siderable numbers on elm, maple, and rose and in smaller numbers 
on other common deciduous trees and shrubs. They never attack 
conifers and are seldom found on hickory, ash, chestnut, or birch. 
