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April, 1911 



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roundish, gray mass usually about one inch wide,, 

 from an inch to two inches long, and possibly a 

 third of an inch thick. It looks like a bit of dirty- 

 wet cotton wool molded into an egg-shaped lump 

 then plastered down on the tree or stone. The- 

 tiny, spherical, hard-shelled eggs are covered and 

 hidden by this gray material which is composed 

 of the hairs from the abdomen of the moth. 



THE EROWN-TAIL MANOEUVRES 



The brown tail moths, which I mentioned above,, 

 can fly; no doubt you have seen them in July 

 evenings fluttering about the street lamps. 

 Throughout many towns in Massachusetts they 

 completely cover the pole, hood, wires, etc., with 

 their pasty white bodies and wings. At such 

 times the small brown "tail" area of the abdomen 

 is not apparent. 



The females lay their eggs some time in late 

 July, on the under side (almost invariably) of 

 leaves. The masses resemble those of the gypsy 

 closely except in size, being rarely more than three 

 quarters of an inch in length, and three-eighths of 

 an inch wide. Then, too, they are more often 

 somewhat cylindrical rather than elliptical. There 

 seems but little choice as to the trees the brown- 

 tails infest. But they rarely overlook fruit trees, 

 alders, willows, elms, and such soft-leaved species. 



The eggs hatch within a month, rarely in less 



Where the gypsy moth has become a menace 



than twenty days, and the minute caterpillars live 

 for a time within the shell of abdominal hairs 

 covering the egg mass. They make forages out 

 among the tender leaves, and return to shelter at 

 night. Later, as they grow, they pull first one 

 leaf, then other leaves, about their original hiding 

 place, and fasten them into a nest with strong 

 silky webbing. Beginning about September, they 

 complete these winter webs in time to withdraw 

 into them before cold weather, being then about 

 one-fourth grown. 



After the other leaves have fallen, these nests, 

 fastened by the silk to the twigs, remain as very 

 prominent, very ugly, and very ominous decora- 

 tions, mostly on the tips of the branches. It is 

 these which you can clip off and burn, at any time 

 during the winter, and which you must put an 

 end to before the new leaves hide them in the spring 

 or before the worms begin to renew their devas- 

 tations early in May or June. For this work, the 

 best thing I know of is the regular pruning pole, 

 with the moving knife blade worked by a handle. 

 The nests as cut can be put in a grain bag, and 

 later burned in the stove or furnace. This method 

 is much safer than burning them in piles on the 

 ground, in which case not a few of the worms are 

 likely to get away. 



As I say, this winter and spring work is the most 

 effective and, especially on the small place, the 

 easiest, for other tasks are not so imperative at 

 this early season. There is nevertheless an ad- 

 ditional precaution that you can take later on. 

 This is the banding or burlapping of trees, from 



