GOAT MOTH— WOOD LEOPARD 



four years before this happens, and as the larva requires 

 food for a good part of the time, the amount it con- 

 sumes (and the harm it perpetrates) can well be estimated. 

 It has a fairly extensive distribution, and although the 

 imago may not be seen, the conspicuous larva is most 

 hkely to attract attention, especially when soft decayed 

 wood from a pollarded willow is pulled away so as to 

 disclose the ramifications of the creature in question. 



Wood Leopard. — {Zeuzera pyrina.) This (Fig. 45) is 

 another internal feeder, as the larva finds its way into 

 the heart of fruit and other trees, and must be regarded 

 as a garden pest. As with the Goat Moth, the larva 

 spends a considerable time in its second stage of existence 

 before making preparation to pupate, and this adds to the 

 mischief, as two years' feeding on the part of a hungry 



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larva means the disappearance of " many cargoes." The 

 dull whitish larva has a yellow tinge, with a good assort- 

 ment of black spots, and blacldsh-brown on the first 

 and last segments. The pupa is reddish-brown, and may 

 be found inside the food-plant wrapt in a cocoon made of 

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