Identifier: bulletin125188894hatc (find matches)
Title: Bulletin
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Hatch Experiment Station
Subjects: Agriculture Fertilizers
Publisher: (S.l. : s.n.)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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Drawn by Josepk Bridgham. Helioiype Printing Co.. GYPSY MOTH. EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. GYPSY MOTH (Ocneria dispar L) jTig, 1.—Female with the wings sjyread.2.—Female with the wings folded.3.—Male with the wings spread.4.—Male with the wings folded.5.—Pupa.6.—Caterpillar, Full grown.7.—Caterpillar, 8.— Cluster of eggs on bark. 9.—Several eggs enlarged. 10.—One egg greatly enlarges
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Q « Z 5 3 - O Ll i Z S O 5 LU .2 Division of Entomology. C. H. Fernald. THE GYPSY MOTH.Ocneria dispar, L. This insect was introduced into this country about the year 1868,by Mr. L. Trouvelot, now residing in Paris, France, but then livingnear Glenwood, Medford, where he attempted some experiments inraising silk from our native silkworms. I was informed that Mr.Trouvelot brought a cluster of gypsy moth eggs from Europe, and,having opened the box, took out the eggs and laid them on the sillof an open window, when the wind blew them out and he was notable to find them. Distribution. From this center they have now been distributed more or lessabundantly in twenty-nine cities and towns in the eastern part ofMassachusetts, as published in the report of Mr. E. H. Forbush,Field Director in charge of the work of destroying this moth. Seemap. I am under great obligations to Mr. Forbush for permission to usesuch of his field notes as I desire, and also to the Gypsy moth Com-mittee for permissio

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