OF ORCHARD 
Fig. 594.— The Eight-spotted Forester. 
Slightly enlarged. Original. 
AND SMALL FRUITS 
ment, and on each side of the 
body is a wavy white longi- 
tudinal band, 
segments 
but 
on the 
head, 
the 
adult moth 
with eight 
The  readiest 
means of control is to apply 
faint 
toward the 
prominent toward 
The 
black, marked 
large 
hind end. 
is 
spots. 
arsenate of lead or Paris green 
to the foliage. 
The Grape-leaf Skeletonizer ( Harrisina americana Guer-Men.) 
Orderly rows of small, yellowish, 
black-spotted caterpillars feed on 
the surface of grape leaves, devouring the surface tissue, but leaving 
the veins untouched. Later, when 
more nearly full grown, the larve 
separate and work singly, eating all of the leaf except the main ribs. 
5.— Larva of the Grape-leaf 
Skeletonizer. Original. 
The mature caterpillar is a half 
oe 
| 
inch long. 
The parent moth emerges in 
June, and lays eggs on the under 
side of grape leaves. Larv:e 
hatched from these eggs complete 
Fig. 396.— Adult of the Grape-leaf Skele- 
tonizer, enlarged to three times natural 
size. 
Original. 
their growth in a month to six 
weeks, and a second generation of moths come out in July or August, 
followed by a second lot of caterpillars. 
The insect passes the win- 
ter in the pupal stage in dead leaves or rubbish. 
