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exclamationis, L., Agrotis (Feltia). (Heart and Dart) 



L. 7-5. On Brassica rapa, Chenopodium, Daucus, 

 Lactuca, Plantago, and Stellaria media. 

 Hides below ground by day, and feeds 

 at night both above and below ground. 

 P. 5-6. About 4 inches deep in the ground. 

 I. 6-7. Comes to sugar. 



0. Laid on leaves and stems. Hatch in about 



14 days. 



exigua, Hb., Caradrina. (Small Mottled Willow) 



L. 8 and 9-6. On Plantago, Poa annua, Rumex 



crispus, Senecio vulgaris, and Taraxacum. 

 P. 6 and 9-6. In a tough earthen cocoon on or just 



below surface. Should be forced. 



1. 6-7 and 9. Comes to sugar and light. 



0. 7 and 9. Laid in batches on leaves. Hatch in 



about 12 days. 



exiguata, Hb., Eupithecia. (Mottled Pug) 



L. 9-10. On Crataegus, Fraxinus, Prunus spinosa, 



Quercus, Ribes, and Salix caprea. 

 P. 11 or 12-5. In an earthen cocoon at foot of trees. 



1. 5-6. Rests on trunks and palings. May be beaten 



out of hedgerows. Comes to light. 

 O. 



exoleta, L., Galocampa. (The Sword-grass) 



L. 4 or 5-7. On Carduus, Ononis, Rumex, Scabiosa 

 succisa, Sedum, and Senecio jacobsea. 



P. 7-8. On the ground. 



I. 9 or 10-5. Comes to sugar, Ivy, and sap of Birch- 

 trees. Box Spring females, which require 

 feeding till they lay. 



0. A female will lay about 3,000 eggs. 



expallidata, Gn., Eupithecia. (The Bleached Pug) 



L. 9-10. On the flowers of Aster novi-belgii and 



Solidago. 



P. 10-6 or 8. In an earthen cocoon ( ? ). More probably 

 in flower heads. 



1. 6-8. Beat food plants by day, or net at dusk. 

 0. 



expolita, Stt.=captiuncula, Tr. 



extensaria, Frr., Eupithecia. (Scarce Pug) 



L. 8-9. Gregarious. On Artemisia abrotanum and 

 Artemisia maritima. Likes flowers as 



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