MOTHS 



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chestnut, and occasionally fruit-trees. Flesh-coloured, with a blackish head 

 and a dark red back, it bores through the stem in all directions, taking two or 

 three years, or more, to develop into the greyish brown adult moth, which is 

 nearly 4 inches across. 

 Pine Lappet One of the wood-dwelling moths found on firs and other conifers, 



Moth [ H the pine lappet {Gast ropacha pini), a species more injurious 



than any other to those trees, and the largest moth feeding on them. It is over 

 1\ inches in breadth, dark reddish brown in colour, dusted with whitish grey ou 



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THE GOAT MOTH. 



the fore-wings, which are broadly striped with brown and marked with a white 

 crescent. This moth appears in June and July over almost the whole of Europe, 

 but is abundant only in fir-woods. Its grey larva? attain a length of over 3 inches, 

 and are ornamented with spots and stripes, the distinguishing marks being two 

 blue transverse notches on the third and fourth segments. The moths pair at 

 the end of July, the larvae resulting from their eggs feeding until frost, and then 

 hibernating, to recommence feeding in April. At the end of June they enter the 

 pupa-stage in a wadded, plum-shaped cocoon, terminating at both ends in stiff 

 bristles, which is placed sometimes at the foot of the trees, and sometimes among 

 the branches. The larvae are frequently devoured by beetles and birds, particu- 

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