THE STAGES AND LIVES OF THE GYPSY MOTH 

 Stages. Gypsy Moth. 



Xeo Clusteb . 



Usually on bark of treoj 



very rarely on leaf. 

 Bobust, li to 2 inches long, 

 Light yellow or creamy. 

 From August to May. 



Catebpillak. Full grown.. 



Dark grayish or sooty. 



Double row of five pairs ol 

 blue, followed by six pairs 

 of red spots along back. 



Moth. Female. 



.Wings spread 2i in. 



Dingy -white, light- 

 ly streaked and 

 blotched with 

 blackish. 



No brush of brown 

 hairs at tip of ab* 

 domen. 



Does not fly, crawls. 



WiNTEB Passed In egg stage— see above. 



Never as a caterpillar. 



Iebitation of Human Skin Not caused by any stage. 



Most Eppkctivb Means of Control. 



Soak eggs with creosote in fall, winter, 

 or spring. 



