PLATE 14 



The tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americana) 



A, an egg mass on an apple twig (about natural size). B, young 

 caterpillar feeding on an opening leaf bud. C, branches of an apple 

 tree with a tent in a fork, from which trails of silk lead outward to 

 the twigs where the caterpillars are feeding on the leaves. D, a full- 

 grown caterpillar (three-fourths natural size). E, cocoon. F, pupa, 

 taken from a cocoon. G, male moth. H, female moth laying eggs 



