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Flii. 44. The Salt-inaisi 

 aarcea, female. Natural size. 



1 (;alerr)ill;u-, Kutitjmene 



:1 



Fi<i. 4.5. The S:ilt-inar.>jh Caterpillar, 

 mene acrtcd, male. Natural size. 



EsUy- 



color, cominonly"yoll()w-hrowii but varyinf^ from wliito to deej) blackish 

 brown, the body boncath it oftxMi with dusky stripes, and the hoad 

 (Fig. 48, c) varying from white to brown and even dec;]) blaekish brown, 

 this and the body con form- 

 ing in color in general to 

 the color of the hairy cov- 

 ering. Jn the hedgchoij nit- 

 erpiUar (Fig. 39, a) the 

 hairs on the first foih- and 

 the last three segments of 

 the Ixxly are black, and 

 those on the intermediate 

 rings are tawny red or 

 orange-brown. The head 

 (Fig. 48, d) and the skin 

 beneath the hairs are also 

 black. 



These caterpillars are 

 commonly and widely dis- 

 tributed, and are very gen- 

 eral feeders on the leaves 

 of a variety of garden i 

 vegetables, small 

 fruits, vines, and young 

 trees. When ((uite 

 young they merely 

 gnaw away the sur- 

 face of the leaves, but 

 when older they make 

 large holes in them. 

 The species are all 

 double-brooded, the 

 larva; of the first 

 brood being common- 

 est in June and July, 

 and those of the sec- 

 ond in September. The 

 hedgehog caterpillar differs from 

 the others in the; fact that it 

 hibernates in our latitude as a 

 full-grown larva, while the yellow 

 l)ear and tlu; salt-marsh cater- 

 pillar pupat(! in autumn and pass 

 the wintc^r in the pupal stage;. „i^^ uduit^'NaS^ze"'"" ""'""■'"" '''" 



Fk;. 4() 

 0, |)Upa; (■ 



'J'lie Yellow Hear, Diarriaia virninirn: 

 Ml lull. Natural size. 



a, larva; 



