350 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



lay their eggs (c, Fig. 32) in a compact cluster about the small 

 twigs, covering them with a glistening glue, so that they are 

 impervious to water. These eggs three hundred or four hun- 

 dred in a cluster hatch just as the leaves of the apple and 

 cherry are putting forth, on both of which trees they are wont 

 to engage in their ruinous work, seeming rather to prefer the 

 wild cherry. They immediately weave their tents, and become 

 conspicuous objects in the orchard. They remain huddled in 

 these tents, except when going forth to feed. They are quite 

 regular in taking their meals, and usually all go forth at once. 

 These larvae or caterpillars (, Fig. 32), variously striped with 

 white, yellow, black and blue, are very handsome, feed vora- 

 ciously, so that by the middle of June they are not only ma- 

 tured in size being now two inches HI length but have 

 managed to strip the trees pretty thoroughly of their leaves. 

 They then disperse, seeking in all directions for some crevice in 

 which they may form their closely woven cocoons undisturbed 

 and unseen. They pupate almost immediately. In about two 

 weeks they come forth as moths. And thus, the cycle of 

 growth and change completed, the moth sallies forth to again 

 prepare for future evil. 



REMEDIES. Among the many suggestions to destroy these 

 pests, but one is worthy of adoption. As soon as the webs 

 appear, go when the worms are in the tents, and by use of the 

 hand, crush all the worms. This is easy, quick, and sure, and 

 should never be neglected, as to strip the trees of leaves early 

 in the season is very harmful. 



The Fall Web Worm. This insect comes in August; 

 eats other leaves than those of the apple; feeds only while 

 in the tent, and only eats the cuticle of the leaf. While 

 these, coming so late, do little harm, compared with the tent 

 caterpillar, they should be destroyed in the same way that we 

 destroy that insect, for even neatness demands the death war- 

 rant, and they do harm the trees. 



Plant Lice. Aphides. Family, Aphidce. Order, Hcmiptcra. 

 As plant lice, some species of which attack nearly every kind 

 of plant, are so preyed upon by natural enemies that they 



