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Insect Pests. 



green, sometimes bluish-green, at others bright apple-green, minutely 

 dotted with white and- with eight white or pale yellow diagonal bars 

 on each side, bordered above with darker colour; the tail is light 

 blue, the apex being deep green, reddish-brown or black, rarely 

 uniform blue; the spiracles are yellowish- white, edged with brown. 



FIG. 1. THE KYKD HAWK MOTH (Smerinthus ocellatus. Linn.) 

 Adult, larva and pupa. 



The length of larval life is about six weeks. They then enter the 

 soil and make a cavity about 2 inches deep. The pupa is deep 

 brown, and measures often If inch ; in this stage the Eyed Hawk 

 remains throughout the winter and spring. 



