GIPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH AND THEIR CONTROL. 138 
Burlap bands.—Gipsy moth caterpillars usually seek shelter during 
hot, sunny days, and if a band of burlap is attached to a tree large 
numbers of them will crawl beneath it, where they may be crushed 
each day. Ordinarily a strip of burlap about 8 inches wide is placed 
(Original. ) 
The caterpillars beneath it are nearly all those of the brown-tail moth, 
Hic, 7.—Burlap band on tree, 
loosely around a tree trunk and a piece of twine passed around the 
center and tied to hold it in place. After this is done the top part 
of the burlap is folded down so that a double shelter is made beneath 
it. The use of burlap bands has been discontinued to a great extent 
during the last few years, owing to the expense involved and because 
