490 ENEMIES OF BEES. 



In its adult state it is a winged moth, or miller, measuring, from 

 the head to the tip of the closed wings, from five-eighths to 

 three-quarters of an inch in length, and its wings expand from 

 one inch and one-tenth to one inch and four tenths. The fore-wings 

 shut together flatly on the top of the back, slope steeply down- 

 wards at the sides, and are turned up at the end somewhat like 

 the tail of a fowl. The female is much larger than the male, 

 and much darker-colored. There are two broods of these insects 

 in the course of the year.* Some winged moths of the first 

 brood begin to appear towards the end of April or early in 

 May — earlier or later, according to climate and season. Those 

 of the second brood are more abundant in August; but some 

 may be found between these periods, and even much later. ' ' 



No writer with whom we are acquainted has given such an 

 exact description of the differences between the sexes, that 

 they can always be readily distinguished. The wood-cuts 

 of the moths, larvae, and cocoons, which we present to our 

 readers, were drawn from nature, by Mr. M. M. Tidd, of 

 Boston, Mass., and engraved by Mr. D. T. Smith, of the 

 same city. Mr. Tidd seems first to have 

 noticed that the snout or palpus of the fe- 

 male, projects so as to resemble a beak, 

 while that of the male is very short, 

 males are larger than some females, and 

 some females much lighter-colored than 

 the average of males, and occasionally 

 some males as dark as the darkest females, 

 the peculiarity of the snout of the female is 

 so marked, that she may always be distin- 

 guished at a glance. 



804. These insects are seldom seen on the wing, unless 

 started from their lurking places about the hives, until to- 

 wards dark. On cloudy days, however, the female may be 



* Prof. Cook is o£ opinion (Guide, page 315) that there may be three 

 broods in a year and we believe he is correct. We have seen them 

 most numerous in hot October weather. 



