THE BROWN-TAIL Morn. 
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spider's eggs, each of which contains two to a dozen small, 
brown, hairy caterpillars about one-sixth of an inch long 
(Fig. 15). At one side or lower end of the web is found 
a mass of black excreta and the cast skins of manv of the 
Fig. H.— The winter web. Cut 
and burn it. 
small caterpillars, for dur- 
ing the warm days of fall the cater- 
pillars feed more or less upon the 
dead leaves composing the web, and 
many of them molt in the web. Thus 
the leaves of the web often become pretty well skeletonized. 
There are no other webs common on trees which may be 
mistaken for these. Any webs containing small caterpillars 
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Fig. 15.— Winter web opened to show the different compartments or cells, each contain- 
ing young caterpillars within. 
