MOTHS OF THE LIMBERLOST 



in lines over the inside of her box, and on leaves placed 

 in it, and at times piled them in a heap instead of placing 

 them as do these moths in freedom. Having taken a 

 picture of a full-grown caterpillar of this moth brought 

 to me by Mr. Andrew Idlewine, I now had a complete 

 Cecropia history; eggs, full-grown caterpillars, twin 

 cocoons, and the story of the emergence of the moths 

 that wintered in them. I do not suppose Mr. Hardison 

 thought he was doing anything unusual when he brought 

 me those cocoons, yet by bringing them, he made it 

 possible for me to secure this series of twin Cecropia 

 moths, male and female, a thing never before recorded 

 by lepidopterist or photographer so far as I can learn. 



The Cecropia is a moth whose acquaintance nature- 

 loving city people can cultivate. In December of 1906, 

 on a tree, maple I think, near No. 2230 North Delaware 

 Street, Indianapolis, I found four cocoons of this moth, 

 and on the next tree, save one, another. Then I began 

 watching, and in the coming days I counted them by 

 the hundred through the city. Several bushels of these 

 cocoons could have been clipped in Indianapolis alone, 

 and there is no reason why any other city that has maple, 

 elm, catalpa, and other shade trees would not have as 

 many; so that any one who would like can find them 

 easily. 



Cecropia cocoons bewilder a beginner by their difference 

 in shape. You cannot determine the sex of the moth 



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