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Title: Annual report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: New York (State). Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
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show well the work of this insect.Ordinarily, as the caterpillars approach maturity, many of them forsake the tree andcrawl in all directions. Thus in obedience to a natural impulse, they may crawl innumbers over walks, piazzas and swarm on sides of houses. This wandering, prior to Explanation of Plate l.* Wfrite Aar^ed Tussoc^ Aotf) (Notolophas leucostigma Abb. and Sra.). Full grown caterpillar. Male moth at rest. Female moth laying eggs on her recently vacated cocoon. Several cocoons. Cast skins of caterpillars. Work of young caterpillars on under surface of leaf. Male pupa. Branch girdled by caterpillar. End of branch broken off at the point where it was girdled. Forest Tent Caterpillar: Aaple Worm (Clisiocampa disstria Hiibn.). IO Female moth. II Male moth. 12 Egg belt encircling twig. 13 Full grown caterpillar. 14 Cocoon in a leaf. 15 Pupa. 16 Cast skins of caterpillars. * Plates 1-3 were executed from nature, under the authors direction, by Mr. L. H. Joutel ofNew York city. 376
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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 377 pupation, occurs about June 1, the transformation to the pupa taking place fromabout the middle to the last of June. The insect remains in the pupa state about twoweeks, the moths appearing the latter part of June and during July, mostly inthe latter month. The eggs are deposited during July, a large proportion of thembeing laid on the lower twigs, but many are found over twenty feet from the groundand numbers even in the tops of tall trees. Food Plants. Like the apple tree tent caterpillar, this insect can subsist on a largevariety of plants. Its favorite species of oak in the southern states, as given by thelate Dr. Riley, are those belonging to the same group as the black oak. In New Yorkand adjoining states this insect is reported more frequently as defoliating the sugarmaple than any other tree. This may be owing to the fact that large sugar orchardsafford the most favorable conditions for the caterpillars in the nor

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