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Yes. [.J. A. Callaway, Montgomery. 



In fact I looked everywhere except on the roofs of houses ; moreover several fields 

 were just plowed, and 1 had again occasion to convince myself that there are no pupai 

 of Alctia in the ground. I have to repeat here that I feel more than ever convinced 

 that Alctia does not hibernate in these more northern portions of the cotton-belt. 

 [E. A. Schwarz, Eufaula. 



Frequently. The late winter, 1878-'79, has been unusually cold, yet moths have 

 been seen flying from the bark of old trees on the first appearance of mild weather. 

 [H. Tutwiler, Hale. 



They are frequently seen of warm, pleasant evenings in winter, and sometimes come 

 to the lamps at night and get their wings singed like other candle flies. [Dr. John 

 Peurifoy, Montgomery. 



In plowing in the spring and breaking up crusty earth, where clods rise before the 

 plow, these flies are sometimes seen thus turned out, or at least flies which we regard 

 as the caterpillar fly, and in removing old heaps where logs or limbs or trash have 

 been piled, in such places the fly is sometimes turned out in the early spring. [An- 

 drew Jay, Conecuh. 



That the moth lives through the winter admits of no doubt whatever in our climate, 

 provided the winter is a mild one. If it is mild I can find moths any month. The 

 moth has instinct enough to find comfortable quarters. The idea that they are brought 

 here by the south wind certainly cannot hold good. If they should only come by this 

 means, would they not come every year alike, or nearly so? [H Hawkins, Barbour. 



Have never seen a moth in winter. [R. B. Dunlap, Greene. 



We have just passed some good frosts, yet the fly is seen daily in manufacturing 

 molasses, November 26, 187b. [Andrew Jay, Couecuh. 



Have seen moths at that time which quite resembled the cotton-worm moth. But 

 cannot say reliably that it was. [C. C. Howard, Autauga. 



I don't think I have, for the reason 'that the moth is an exceedingly shy insect, never 

 seen flying about in day time except when molested. [R. W. Russell, Lowmles. 



No. [R. F. Henry, Pickens. 



Frequently. [J H. Smith, J. F. Calhoun, Dallas. 



The moth has been securely wintered in dead logs and in hollow trees. The fall of 

 deadened timber often discloses their presence in quantity when opened or bark falls 

 oft*. They have been found in mild winters flying out in the open air, and seen as late 

 as February in their hiding places. [C. M. Howard, Autauga. 



Yes ; they travel in warm seasons of winter ; generally hide themselves under the 

 bark of dead pine trees, whore the bark becomes loose upon dead pines. [ J. C. Ma- 

 thews, Dale. 



All times in mild winter around fodder-stacks and barns. In our opinion it is only 

 the moth that comes out from the chrysalis which has lived hero underground through 

 winter that damages the crop. [Knox, Miuge, and Evans, Hale. 



I think I have found it on the walls of a dwelling and about a lamp in mild weather. 

 [J. W. Du Bose, Montgomery. 



This is a well-known fact, and is answered above, yes. [P. D. Bowles, Conecuh. 



Yes ; they are very common in mild winter weather. [H. A. Stolen werck, Perry. 



Yes.-[ J. R. Rogers, Bullock. 



Since last writing we have had two or three heavy white frosts, viz, on the nights 

 of the 22d, 23d, and 26th October. On the morning of the 23d three moths came from 

 the chrysalides which I have under a glass shade, on a shelf on my porch, exposed to 

 the weather. The moths were benumbed with cold and apparently dead, but they all 

 revived after being brought into a warm room. I turned them loose next day while 

 it was warm and pleasant. Last night the thermometer stood outdoors at 60 Fahr., 

 and on visiting my baited trees I found several of the cotton-moths there. They seem 

 to lie up during the cold spells and to come out when the weather moderates. [E. A. 

 Smith.] 



I judge by the scarcity of the cotton-moths since cold weather that they are not able 

 to stand the cold, and have either been killed or forced to seek secure quarters. I have 

 found none yet in bark of trees or elsewhere. Some of the chrysalides of the last brood 

 are still rolled in the leaves in the cotton-field, but a few which I examined some days 

 ago seem to have died. These chrysalides are slightly shriveled up, and some of them 

 are certainly decaying, if I may judge by the smell when they are opened. [E. A. Smith, 

 Tuscaloosa. 



I have often seen the moth flying during mild winter weather that resembles the cot- 

 ton-moth : we call them here candle-flies, and find them about old houses and barns. 

 [H. C. Brown, Wilcox. 



Frequently about my gin-house and barn. [M. W. Hand, Greene. 



I have. [James M. Harrington, Monroe. 



I have not. [R. H. Powell, Bullock. 



I have. [I. D. Driesbach, Baldwin. 



