THE STAGES AND LIVES OF THE GYPSY MOTH 

 Stages. Gypsy Moth. 



Egg Cluster 



Usually on bark of tree; 



very rarely on leaf. 

 Robust, 1^ to 2 inches long. 

 Light yellow or creamy. 

 From August to May. 



Caterpillar. Full grown. 



Dark grayish or sooty. 



Double row of five pairs of 

 blue, followed by six pairs 

 of red spots along back. 



Moth. Female. 



A. 



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.Wings spread 2^ in. 



Dingy -white, light- 

 ly streaked and 

 blotched with 

 blackish. 



No brush of brown 

 hairs at tip of ab- 

 domen. 



Does not fly, crawls. 



Winter Passed in ^gg stage— see above. 



Never as a caterpillar. 



Irritation of Human Skin Not caused by any stage. 



Most Effective Means of Control. 



Soak eggs with creosote in fall, winter, 

 or spring. 



