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Acrdni/chi ohhnihi Siii, iV AM). 



Tliis is ;i l)i'ii:;lil ly colortMl li;iiry ciilcriiillMr ( I'i;;. KlL'.fO one niiil ;i 

 fourlli Id out' ;iii(l n linlf iiiclics loiii;-, black, slfipcd aiHl spottctl with 

 yellowish, especially coiiiiiioii on smarlwced and willow Iml also IVedinji; 



on corn ;ind a i;i'c;il \ari 

 cly ol' olhcc plants. It 

 has s h o w II no s i i;' n, 

 ho\\('\(M', ol Ix'comi n<;' 

 I i-()ul)lcsoni(" as ;i corn in 

 sect. It occnrs through 

 the I'nitcd Stales (>ast of 

 I he Kocky Monnlains and 

 in ( 'aii;id;i. 1 1 is I'ecoi'ded 

 Ironi thi'ee species of 

 sniai'l weed, eating' lea\'es 

 .and lilossonis, and we 

 ha\(' taken it on li\'e 

 species of willow, which 

 it often seriously del'oli 

 al(>s. 1 1 is .also injin'ions 

 to poplar and cotton- 

 wood, as well as to peach, 

 apple, and st r;iw l)err\ . ()lher food pl.anls recorded are i^rape, bean, 

 asparajius, cotton, hnckwheat, wheal, wild and cnlli\;iled raspheiTy , 

 hIacklxMTw liTasses, hut ton-hnsh, pear, l.oinhai'dy poplai', ha/el, oak. 

 hnltenuit, elm, ;ddei- [Mniis scrruhild) . iwul pitch-pine, to which list 

 r(>cent. obsiM'va lions in ('hica,t!,() p.ai'ks ha\-e added caiin.a, lil.ac, lioiu^y- 

 .su('kl(\ and soft maple. 



In this latitude there are I wo hi'oods in a year, hnl studies in ('.-uiada 

 indicate that thei'e the species is sin,!;le-l)rood(>d. I'upa" .are formed in 

 f.all and wintei- oxef, em(M-i;ini;' the foUowinti,- sp|-inii- from the l)ei;iniiiiii;- 

 o\' .\pi'il to the last of Maw most al>nndantl\' .about the midille of .May, 

 in Can.ad.a not until ,lune. The lii'st hrood of lar\;e ocean' in .lune .and 

 ,lul\ , l)Ut .are not usnalK' so nnnuM'ous as the second hrood. The next 

 lirood a{ mollis m.a\' he takcai Ironi late .lune to SepltanlxM', especially 

 in .lnl\ and .Vu^nsl. The second hi'ood of l.ai"\a' are scatUa'cd thronii,h 

 laie August, Se|)leml)er, aiul ()clol)er, .and pup.ale before wintiM' sets in. 

 In C^jinada the lar\;e from the .lune moths spin up and pupate early in 

 f.all, read\' for hihcM'ual ion. 



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