316 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE RASPBERRY. 



FIG. 330. 



ATTACKING THE PEUIT, 



Wo. 184. The Raspberry Geometer. 



Synchlora rubivoraria (Riley). 



The larva of this pretty moth feeds chiefly on the fruit of 

 the raspberry ; it is said that it occasionally feeds also on the 

 leaf. Fig. 330 shows the larva, of natural size, on the fruit 



at a ; b, an enlarged 

 view of one of the 

 segments of its 

 body, showing the 

 hairs with which it 

 is adorned. The 

 moth, of the nat- 

 ural size, is seen at 

 c, while at d an en- 

 larged outline is 

 given of one pair 

 of the wings. 



The larva reaches 

 maturity about the 

 time of the ripening 

 of the raspberry, when it is about three-quarters of an inch 

 long, of a yellowish-gray color, each segment being furnished 

 with several short prickles. It has the habit of disguising 

 itself by attaching to its thorny projections tiny bits of vege- 

 table matter, such as the anthers of flowers, bits of leaves, 

 etc., and by this means it often escapes detection. 



When full grown, the larva forms a slight cocoon, within 

 which it changes to a chrysalis of a pale-yellow color, with 

 iarker lines and spots, which in a few days produces the 

 perfect insect. 



The wings of the moth are of a delicate pale-green color, 

 crossed by two lines of a lighter shade, and, when expanded, 



