White-marked tussock moth 

 Hemerocampa leucostigma Abb. & Sm. 



1 Male moth at rest on trunk 



2 Female laying eggs upon her cocoon 



3 Egg masses on cocoons 



4 A full-grown caterpillar resting on a twig 



5 Cast skins of caterpillars 



6 Cocoons massed on trunk 



7 Pupa of female within cocoon 



8 Twigs girdled by caterpillars 



8a Twig broken off at point of girdling 



The foliage shows the effects of this caterpillar's work 



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