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GARDEN FOES. 



of misL'luL'f to fruit trcc^. The females in each case are 

 wingless, and crawl up the trunkis in autumn, winter, or 

 spring, and lay their eggs in crevices of the bark. The 

 two worst culprits are the Winter and Great Winter Moths. 

 Both appear early in October, and begin egg-laying in 

 earnest. The Winter Moth lays as many as two hundred 

 cylindrical, green-coloured egj2:s, in lines or groups, in cre- 



\Vi.Mi:.i( JiUliio Ovi-N^i^iJ ^iALE.i, ONE WI.NGLK6S FE.UALK); 

 Caterpillars and Group of Eggs Slightly Enlarged. 



vices, and the Great Winter Moth upwards of four hun- 

 dred large, rusty- coloured eggs. The eggs hatch as soon 

 r^s the buds begin to burst. The larvjie of the Winter j\Ioth 

 are grey at first, then greenish with wliite stripes and 

 bi'own heads. They measure about three-quarters of an 

 inch long, and form loops with their bodies when walking. 

 As the !(':iv(S foi'm so they jjlue them toojether, and feed 



