THE GYPSY MOTH 



SOME years ago a gentleman of type of silk worm sufficiently hardy to 



Massachusetts, who was of an ex- stand the Massachusetts climate. Unfor- 



perimental frame of mind, im- tunately his experiment failed, and some 



ported some gypsy moths from Europe, of the gypsy moths escaped. In the 



in the hope of being able to cross them course of time they spread until they be- 



with the silk worm, and thus obtain a came known as the gypsy moth pest of 



Photo from A. H. Kirkland 



Various Forms of the Gypsy Moth 

 Female moth (white) laying eggs. Male moth (hrown). Pupa. Larva 



