LEPIDOPTERS: MOTHS. 



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handle of a pitcher. It remains in the ground all 

 winter, and in the following summer the large moth 

 crawls out of it, comes to the surface, mounts a plant, 

 and waits till the approach of evening, when it flies 

 away in search of food. 



CLEAR-WINGED SPHINGES, OR SESIAS. 

 These are known by their transparent wings and 



Fig. 274. Clear- winged Sesia. 



broad tails. They are seen in the daytime hovering 

 over flowers, like humming-birds. They are very beau- 

 tiful. 



PEACH-TREE BORERS. 



The Peach-tree Borer, in its winged form, resembles 

 a wasp. The general color is steel-blue, with yellow 

 markings, and the male has all the 

 wings transparent ; but the female has 

 the fore wings blue and opaque. The 

 eggs are laid upon the trunk of the tree, 

 near the roots. When hatched, the 

 larvae bore into and devour the inner 

 bark and sap-wood. When about a 

 year old they make their cocoons, become chrysalides, 

 and come forth as moths from June to October. 



Fig. 275. Peach- 

 tree Borer. 



