LEPIDOPTERA 



forms to the pupa, lasting about three weeks. The moths 

 emerge from May to August, take no food, and after de- 

 positing their eggs on any woolen material, soon die. The 

 larvae feed upon all sorts of woolen goods. In winter they 

 may be often found in their woven cases adhering by their 

 ends to the lids of boxes or the ceilings of rooms. 



FIG. 94. Clothes moth (Tinea 

 pellionella). Photograph, 

 twice natural size. 



FIG. 95. Moth of the 

 maple borer. Natural 



Clear- winged Moths (Sesiidae). These are wasplike 

 moths of brilliant colors and have transparent wings. They 

 generally fly by day. Their larvse live in the stems of 

 herbs and shrubs or the trunks of trees. Usually each 

 species confines its depredations to a certain kind of plant 

 or tree. The empty pupa cases of the maple borer (Sesia 

 acerni) may be seen protruding from round holes in the 

 soft maples during the month of June. The squash borer 

 may often be found during early summer in dead and dying 

 squash, pumpkin, melon, and cucumber vines, just be- 

 neath or at the surface of the ground. It is a widespread 

 pest. 



The moth of the peach tree borer (Sanina exitiosa) de- 

 posits during May, June, or July one or more yellowish 



