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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Egg Mass and 

 Moth laving eggs 



Fenra!<? Mcth 



THE LIFE HISTORY OF THE BROWN-TAIL MCTH. 



set up near a powerful light. The light 

 attracting the moths, they were drawn 

 into the fan and chewed to pieces. 

 Another light was constructed with a 

 mesh of fine copper wire around it 

 highly charged with electricity, and 

 when the moths flew against it they 



were electrocuted. Another scheme 

 tried was to construct large pans, fill 

 them with water and place them under 

 a powerful light. The water acting as 

 a reflector attracted the moths by the 

 millions, and they were drowned. All 

 these schemes worked to some extent, 



