LEPIDOPTEBA 



FIG. 82. Photograph of pupa and 

 moth of the fall webwonn. Nat- 

 ural size. 



summer they gnaw off 

 the corn, cabbage, cot- 

 ton, and other tender 

 plants near the surface 

 of the earth. Some spe- 

 cies climb the trees and 

 cut off the tender buds. 

 Both larvae and adults are usually active at night only. 

 The pupal stage is passed in the earth. In early spring the 

 common gray cutworm may be found coiled up under 



FIG. 83. Female tussock moth which has 

 just emerged from the cocoon at the left 

 upon which it has deposited over two hun- 

 dred eggs. Photograph, slightly enlarged. 



ElQ. 84. Larva of tussock moth. Photograph natural size. 



