88 CATERPILLARS AND THEIR MOTHS 



may be, the moth is interesting as well as the cater- 

 pillar. 



Orioles, robins, and gray squirrels eat the cater- 

 pillars greedily, though occasionally frightened by the 

 snake-like anal end. 



Parasitic flies, especially microgaster, destroy many 

 of the half -grown larvae. 



