FARMERS BULLETIN 564. 

 FOOD PLANTS. 



The caterpillars of the brown-tail moth commonly feed on apple, 

 pear, plum, oak, and willow, and they are sometimes found in con- 



FIG. 4. Different stages of the brown-tail moth (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) : Winter 

 nest at upper left ; male and female adults, lower right ; cocoon in leaves, upper 

 right ; male and female chrysalides above, male at left ; full-growu larva in center, 

 somewhat reduced ; young larvae at its left ; egg mass removed from leaf, showing 

 single eggs, at lower left ; female ovipositing on leaf ; egg mass also on same leaf. 

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siderable numbers on elm, maple, and rose and in smaller numbers 

 on other common deciduous trees and shrubs. They never attack 

 conifers and are seldom found on hickory, ash, chestnut, or birch. 



