CRANHERRV IXSKCT PHOf',I.KM.S. 



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(iiilly a i]ry-\)(><x species, occiir(iii<r jilso on tlie iipliirul as a ratlier 

 extensive feeder on (he liiicklelieiry and bliicbciTV.' 



l>i:,S( HIi'TIO.N ANIJ SkASONAL IllSTOUV, 



Hibei-nation of the red-striped worms differs from that of the other 

 fireworms in that the winter is passed in the worm stage. In late fall 



Vir,. 11. — Rffl-stiipfd fir("Woini : Work of larvii- ou < ranhf-rri'. 



the worm becomes dormant in a narrow, tubular case of frass-covered 

 silk, formed in the uprights among badly mangled leaves (fig. 11), 

 and remains therein until the following spring. Most of these 

 bunches of brown, webbed leaves, with the encased worms, drop to 

 the ground during the winter. Emergence of the moths begins in 

 May and a second generation of moths appears in July and early 

 Auirust. The moth is dark brown with white face and three small 



* Notably Vaccinium corymbonum. 



