THE APPLE MOTH. 1CK) 



PLATE X. 



i. Is the under side of a scale of bark taken from an Apple tree. 



a. Larva of Apple Moth exposed by a cocoon being opened when separating the bark from the tree. 



b. Represents a cocoon entire, and the larva within. 



c. Shows a portion of an old cocoon. 



d and e. Show where the cocoons have been penetrated, and the larvae taken out by the Bird Fig. 7. 

 z. Shows the outside of a part of the scale, Fig. i. d and e are holes corresponding to d and e in Fig. i. 



3. Represents a ring formed from the pellets or chips taken out of the cavities, and tied together with 



silken cords. This ring usually fills up the space between the scale and true bark, making the 

 cocoon perfectly tight, and to some extent binds the scale to the tree. 



4. The pupa of the Apple Moth. 



5. The pupa case after the Moth has escaped. 



6. Holes made in parallel rows by the Bird Fig. 8. This kind of holes gave rise to the name, "Sap- 



sucker," applied to the bird supposed to make them. 



9. One pit and the half of another found in the stomach of the Bird Fig. 8. 

 10. The head of the Black Cap Titmouse, or Chick-a-dee. 



THIS Plate is a study in itself, and a careful consideration of it will show the 

 intimate connexion between Ornithology and Entomology. 



Fig. i is a representation of the inside of a scale of bark from an Apple tree, 

 and Fig. 2 is part of the outside of the same scale. 



One who is curious to ascertain the winter homes of insects will find many 

 species secreted under the scales of the bark of trees. In separating these scales 

 of Apple or Pear trees in search of the larvae of the Apple Moth, he will find 

 lady-bugs, spiders, flies, collections of the eggs of spiders nicely arranged together in 

 nets made of the finest materials, many kinds of small beetles, &c. That a large 

 number of the Apple worms conceal themselves under the scales of the bark of the 

 trees in an Apple or Pear orchard is certain ; but where they go when the trees have 

 none of this rough bark is not so clear. They do not form their cocoons upon the 

 ground or in the grass. Though caterpillars, they are totally without the coating of 

 hairs that prevents so many other species from becoming the food of birds, and 



