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Lackey Moth. — Apple, Plum. The moth (ochreous and 

 brown) lays its eggs about August in hard fossil-like bands 

 round the twigs. The caterpillars (hairy and black, afterwards 

 striped with orange and blue) emerge in April, and spin a 

 web around some leaves, on which they feed, afterwards going 



Fig. 20.— Brown-tail Moth and Nest of Caterpillars. 



