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The different kinds also are often easily recognizable by 

 well-marked color patterns, or by coverings of colored hair 

 or the presence of conspicuous tubercles and the like. 



They may be found from late spring to early fall usually 

 busily feeding in their favorite plants. "The best hunting 

 grounds are the sides of country roads, the edges of woods. 



Fig. 38. Larva of the achemon sphinx moth, 

 (Natural size; after Lugger.) 



Philampelus achemon. 



half-cleared fields and gardens. Low fresh second growths 

 of oak, poplar or elm will pay investigation. ... A low 

 growth of wild cherry is almost sure to yield a harvest." 

 Virginia creeper, sassafras, bayberry, hop-vines, appletrees, 

 nettles, milkweeds and wild carrot are all favorite feeding 

 grounds of butterfly caterpillars. 



The important thing to note at the time of collecting 

 a live caterpillar, which you wish to rear indoors, is the 

 kind of plant it is feeding on. For these are the best leaves 

 to bring in to it. Indeed some kinds of caterpillars will 



