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NEST WORM, WITH PARENT MOTHS AND EGGS. 

 Fig. 131. 



6. Clisiocampa Americana, or Lackey Moth (Male). 



c. " " ' " " (Female). 



d. Eggs deposited on a young branch for wintering. 



The livery or lackey moth takes its name from the colors 

 which mark its larvae. Its own color is a, dull-red or fox color, 

 with two white parallel stripes across the wings, the male 

 moth being rather darker than the female. It is about an 

 inch and a half across when expanded. The worm, when full 

 grown, is nearly two inches long, with a black head, the body 

 being variously lined and spotted with black, blue, yellow, and 

 white. 



This, which is called " tent worm" by Harris, is pre-emi- 

 nently the apple-tree worm of our country from Maine to 

 Texas, though it affects still more the wild cherry, and is some- 

 times found upon other trees to a limited extent. Its eggs are 

 set on end, head outward, being glued together with softish 

 gum-mucilage, and varnished over with the same. They may 

 be found at any time during winter upon the young shoots, 

 forming a band around them nearly an inch broad, and of a 

 slate color, Fig. 131 d. 



