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THE GRASSHOPPER 



moths, yet that is what they are. As the larva eats a 

 great deal, it grows rapidly, molting again and again 



until it becomes a 

 full-sfrown cater- 

 pillar. It then eats 

 its way out of the 

 apple where it has 

 been living its lar- 

 val life for several 

 weeks. 



In some pro- 

 tected spot, under 

 the bark scales, 

 the full-grown 



„, „ caterpillar then 



Figure 12. — "The Worm in the Apple.' l 



weaves a silken 

 covering (the cocoon, ko-koon/) about itself. In this 

 cocoon it molts again. When this last molt occurs, the 



Figure 13. — Codling Moth Pupa. 



caterpillar loses its legs and mouth parts, and is now 

 known as a pupa (pu'pa). The pupa does not eat, but 



