Moths and Butterflies (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Moths and ButterfliesThese little wasp-like creatures lay their eggs on or in the large moth or butter¿y caterpillars. From these eggs develop small grubs that live upon the body of the caterpillar, either seriously weakening the caterpillar or killing it. You may sometime find a caterpillar that looks as though it had groups of small white cocoons over it. It is. Probable that these are the cocoons of one Of these wasp-like parasites that caterpillar OF 10 moth feeds upon the caterpillars. It is The hairs on the back of this caterpillar are poisoned and produce a most disagreeable sensation interesting to know in connection with these wasp-like parasites that they are fully as particular about what they eat as are the caterpillars themselves. The mother wasp will not lay her eggs on just any Old caterpillar any more than will most caterpillars eat just any old green stuff. It is very interesting and important to know about this, particularly when caterpillars are introduced into a new country. If we should accidentally or intentionally bring the eggs Of some cater pillar that thrived On some of our food plants into our country and fail at the same time to bring in its natural enemies, we might have great difficulty in raising those particular food plants successfully. This has happened so frequently that our government has established a_ system whereby plants brought into our country are examined for the purpose of preventing the introduction of injurious insects, some of which might be moth and butter¿y caterpillars. For the same reason our government justly demands that certain materials growing in certain areas shall not be moved into other areas. If you read the account Of the fight being made against the gipsy moth, which appeared in the September, 1924, Lea¿et, you may get some idea Of how serious a proposition this may be. The September, 1920, Lea¿et told you also of the campaign tolimit the activities Of the European corn borer.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.