INSECTS. 



Moths. General Characteristics. The moths are, as 

 a rule, nocturnal or night-fliers, and are distinguished from 

 the butterflies by their feathered antennae (Fig. 164). 



Dwarf-Moths 

 (Tineida). The 

 common clothes- 

 moth deposits its 

 eggs in woolens, the 

 white larvae creat- 

 ing much damage 

 in making their co- 

 coons. 



Silk- Worm Moths (Bombycida>). 

 These large moths have heavy, thick bod- 

 ies, small heads, the tongue short and 

 almost useless. The eggs are deposited 

 upon the mulberry (Fig. 166) and other 

 leaves, the young worms eating for about 

 a month, and then forming a yellow or 



FIG. 165. Canker-worm moth, eggs, and worms. 

 a, female canker-worm moth laying her eggs, b \ 

 c, top- view, and </, side-view, of an egg, magni- 

 fied ; , canker-worm eating its way out of the 

 egg, magnified ; /, magnified view of canker- 

 worm ; g, natural size of canker-worm after leav- 

 ing the egg ; //, male canker-worm moth. (After 

 Morse.) 



FIG. 167. Swing- 

 ing cocoon of a 

 South Ameri- 

 can moth. 



