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Insect Pests. 



Growers' Association in 1907, but no locality was mentioned. Of 

 wall fruit, both peach and apricot are attacked occasionally ; various 



IF. Edenden. 

 :MBER MOTH. 



forest trees, such as oak, beech, lime, elm, birch and in hedgerows, 

 the whitethorn, blackthorn and privet. Owing to its larger size, 

 when it appears in numbers it may do more harm than the "Winter 

 Moth. 



LlFE-HlSTOKY AND HABITS. 



The male moth varies from a little under to a little over If 



inch in wing expanse. The 

 front wings are normally a pale 

 dull yellowish, mottled with 

 yellowish - brown and dusted 

 with brown ; there are two more 

 or less prominent dark lines, the 

 first bent in an angle, the second 

 bent in three angles and often 

 followed by a darker hue, and 

 there is a central dark spot on 

 each wing; the hind wings are 

 of a more uniform yellowish-grey, 

 with minute darker specks and 

 a dark spot on each. 



The colour is, however, very 

 variable, some specimens being 

 dark rusty-brown all over, owing 

 to the thick dusting of dark 

 colour, such as is seen in 

 Fig. 49. 



The female is quite wingless and plump, much larger than the 

 female Winter Moth, of various shades of yellowish-grey, and is much 

 speckled with dark brown or black. Miss Ormerod (1) describes 



[A. V. D. Jiintoul. 

 FIG. 50. LARVJ. OF MOTTLED UMBER MOTH. 



