The Fall Web-worm
The unsightly wobuof this insect aro tliis year very abundant alraoat everywhere, and thougli it ha been beforo troatod of in these columns the writer has met so miiny people of late who aro ignorant of even ita name that it is thought best to again Ilústrate it, and briofly describo its lifohistory. Tho webs inay bo found upon almost evcry kind of fruit nnd shade-tree, covering the extreinities of the limbn. Tho egge are deposited on the lcaves in Juno and July by ¦ pretty whito moth ( c ), and ioon hatch into small, hairy catorpillars, that at onco begin spinning thoir protective web. The young worma aro palé yellow in color, with a black hcad and two rows of black marks upon the body. Tho larviu eat tho epidermis of tho leaves for a few weeks, and when fully developed aro ¦lightly noro than an inch in length, and thicklv covered with whltih hairfl, aa ehowñ at . Latein aututnn a thin, silkon cocoon is forined either io a piotected placo, abovo ground, or just bcneath tho Burface, and the larva) changos to a durk brown poliHhed pupa, b. Iu the North there is but one brood each year, but south of tho lutitude of St. Louis, Mo., tho insect is doublé brooded. Remedies. - Negligence Ib tho only excaso that can be given by tho ruralist, who allows tho unsightly webs of this pest to disfigure his orchard and shado trees. If attonded to soon after tho livrvíe hatch it is easy to remove the infestad limb and burn web and all. As the worma work wholly under tho web they can all bo easily ilestroyed in this wny. As in most similar instancea, "a stitch in timo save nine." After th larv; aro nourly matured tho webs can not UBiially lie wholly removed without serioiLslv ininriiiir the apnearunco
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