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area on the inner side. Cross vein m-cu is lacking; the scutellum is 

 unspined. 



Larvae. — The larva (fig. 89) is robust, broad-ovate, not distinctly 

 tapering: the head is slender, with moderately well-developed an- 

 tennae and eyes: the surface is clothed with numerous short hairs and 

 with bristles arranged almost in transverse rows. 



HERMETIA ILLUCENS (Linnaeus) 



(Fig. 88) 



Recognition Characters. — Adult : This is a moderately large, black species, 

 with two translucent spots on the second abdominal segment : the apex of the 

 abdomen is sometimes reddish ; the eyes are bare, the tarsi whitish to pale 



Figure 88. — Eermetia illucens, adult female. 



yellowish, the wings uniformly dusky, and the fringes of the squamae dusky. 

 Length 15-20 mm. 



Geographical Distribution. — Nearctie Region: New York. New Jersey. Penn- 

 sylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia. North Carolina, South Caro- 

 lina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, 





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Figure 89. — Hcrmetia illucens, larva. 



