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hatched ; for the cocoons that winter, vary considerably 
in the time of bringing out their moths. They generally 
come out late in May and on into June. Then they lay 
their eggs, usually singly, on the under side of leaves, 
each moth laying several ; 
hundred, which hatch into 
caterpillars in ten or twelve 
days. The eggs are one- 
tenth of an inch across, 
much flattened, and of a 
color approaching to white. 
At first the abdomen of the Ran eee 
female is so heavy with the abundance of the eggs that 
she flies only short distances. 
The caterpillar is a shade of green so near like the 
leaves around it, one often has some difficulty in discoy- 
ering it, even after he has found where to look by its 
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Fig. 109.—wORM OF THE POLYPHEMUS MOTH. 
large droppings, and also because of its habit in repose 
of clinging to the under side of the twig with the 
back down; and the length of the body is so greatly 
contracted as to hunch up the segments. It has twelve 
large segments, each nearly as thick as a man’s finger 
when the body is shortened to two inches ; but when ex- 
