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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 



Fig. 108. CHRYSALIS OF POLY- 

 PHEMUS M^OTH. 



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 discov- 

 ering it, even after he has found where to look by its 



Fig. 109. WOKM 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- 



