The Buff-tip Moth. 39 



attacked, when found, should be cut down 

 and the grubs destroyed. The round holes, 

 often seen in trees, are caused to a large 

 extent by this pest, enlarged by the wood- 

 pecker in search of the grub. 



The Buff-tip Moth feeds chiefly on the 

 leaves of the lime, elm, and oak, often 

 causing serious injury. 



The eggs are deposited upon the upper 

 surface of the leaves in batches of thirty and 

 upwards. 



The caterpillars hatch in the course of a 

 fortnight, and feed upon the upper surface and 

 edges of the leaves, and if the attack 

 continues, as it often does, until the autumn, 

 very little foliage is left. When full fed the 

 caterpillars come down and bury themselves 

 beneath the soil, and the perfect insect emerges 

 in the following June. 



The only remedy, or, rather, the only means 

 of lessening the attack, is to knock the 

 caterpillars off the branches in any manner 

 that can be arranged. They may be destroyed 

 when on the ground either in the chrysalis 

 or caterpillar stage, which will of course 



