INSECT ENEMIES OF EASTERN FORESTS 
KEY TO LEPIDOPTEROUS LARVAE—Continued 
Dis Larvae with 7 oblique stripes on each side of body—Continued 
Poplar and willow—August—October; similar to S. gordius 
[Swhe Sian so Ee Sphing luscitiosa Clem., p. 374. 
Poplar, willow, and birch—July—October; similar to P. 
excaecatus, but may be recognized by the rose-colored 
spiracles; horn bluish purple; thoracic legs violet; and 
sometimes there is a subdorsal row of reddish spots; length 
2% inches___-__- Smerinthus jamaicensis (Drury), p. 375. 
Walnut (black), butternut, hickory, pecan, ete-—May-— 
September; light green to reddish, coarsely granulated with 
: white; head truncate in front, triangular, apex bearing 2 
brownish projections, a yellow stripe on each side; body 
stripes yellowish, sometimes bordered above with reddish; 
horn brownish, granulated; length about 2 inches 
. Cressonia juglandis (A. & S.), p. 376. 
Larvae without 7 oblique stripes on each side of body. 
Catalpa—spring to early fall; yellow and black; both light 
and dark forms; head and horn black; length 2% to 3 
TCC Sane pee ps Ceratomia catalpae (Bdv.), p. 373. 
Grape and Virginia creeper—July—September; pea green 
with numerous yellow dots; body with a cream-colored 
lateral band rising posteriorly and extending onto sides 
of caudal horn. Some specimens with yellowish triangular 
spots on the dorsum of some of the abdominal segments, 
each containing a smaller lilac spot; length about 2 
YLANG) 01 ek |ai rena re ges eaten Mle cee Ampeloeca myron (Cram.), p. 377. 
Grape and Virginia creeper—July and August; chocolate 
brown, with numerous minute dots of a darker color; horn 
black; length about 2% inches 
Amphion nessus (Cram.), p. 377. 
Grape and Virginia creeper—July—September; green with 
pale yellow dots; a subdorsal cream-colored stripe on each 
side extending to base of horn; horn green; length about 2 
INCHES a sees ae Deidamia inscriptum (Harr.), p. 377. 
Honeysuckle (bush) and snowberry—June—October; bluish 
green above, green on sides and brownish beneath; head 
bluish green; head and plates coarsely granulated; horn 
blackish and prickly; length nearly 2 inches 
Hemaris diffinis (Bdv.), p. 376. 
Viburnum—June—October; yellowish green; sometimes 
purplish; head rounded, bluish green; head and shields 
coarsely granulated; body with green dorsal stripe 
bordered with whitish; horn bluish with black granula- 
tions length 2 imehes2— 22 -_ 2 Hemaris thysbe (F.), p. 376. 
28. Grape and Virginia creeper—June—September; chocolate brown 
with numerous transverse blackish lines and 2 dark longitudinal 
dorsal stripes, and a lateral one on each side. Another form is 
reddish brown with large light-green patches on the dorsum and 
along sides of body. Length 3 inches 
Sphecodina abbottii (Swain), p. 376. 
Grape and Virginia creeper—July—September; pinkish on dorsum; 
sides darker; head dull reddish brown; on abdominal segments 
2 to 7 the spiracles are set in cream-yellow, oval spots which are 
outlined with black; numerous small black dots on second and 
third thoracic and first to third abdominal segments; length 
Aboutesitnchegas 6 2s cae Pholus pandorus (Hbn.), p. 377. 
Grape and Virginia creeper—July and August; greenish to reddish 
brown; head, thoracic segments, and spiracles flesh colored; the 
spiracles on abdominal segments 2 to 7 situated in elongated 
oval cream-colored scalloped spots; length 3 to 3% inches 
Pholus achemon (Drury), p. 377. 
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