94 LOBSTER MOTH. 



the second and third pair of legs, wliicli really 

 look as if they do not belong to it, and have 

 been borrowed from some other insect. Some- 

 times the caterpillar contracts its body very much 



Caterpillar of Lobster Moth, 



more than is shown in the illustration, and it 

 sits with its head thrown back until it nearly 

 touches the tail, and the three segments below 

 the head pressed closely together. The general 

 colour of this caterpillar is brown, diversified 

 by two dark stripes along the back and a few 

 blackish marks upon 'the sides. 



The caterpillar feeds indifferently upon the 

 oak and birch, and when full-fed spins up 



