MOSQUITOES, SILKIVORMS, AND DRAGON-FLIES I? 



as reserve material on which the pupa draws during its 

 quiescent and fasting Hfe. 



Fig. 7. — Theforest tent-caterpillar moth, Clisiocampa disstria, in its various 

 stages ; ;«, male moth ; /, female moth ; /, pupa ; e, eggs (in a ring) 

 recently laid ; g, eggs hatched ; c, larva or caterpillar. Moths and 

 caterpillar are natural size, eggs and pupa slightly enlarged. (Photo- 

 graph by M. V. Slingerland.) 



The moths and egg-laying. — When the silkworm 

 moths issue from the cocoons they make no attempt to 

 fly although each is provided with four wings. Some 

 of them, however, will be seen to keep up a rapid gentle 

 fluttering of the wings ; these are usually males, which 

 are more active than the females. The males and females 

 are alike in color and marking, but the antenna;, or feelers, 

 of the male are wider or bushier than those of the female ; 

 that is, the side branches or "pectinations," suggesting 



