The English moths and butterflies : $b Together with the plants, flowers, and fruits whereon they feed, and are usually found.Wilkes, Benjamin
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The English moths and butterflies : $b Together with the plants, flowers, and fruits whereon they feed, and are usually found.
Wilkes, Benjamin
Butterflies -- Great Britain
The WHITE-SATIN MOTH. Its _Caterpillar_ feeds on the _White Poplar_,
as also on _Willow_; changes to a _hairy Chrysalis_, within the
Leaves spun together, in _June_; lies in that State about twenty
Days, and then the _Moth_ flies abroad. You may take these Flies by
shaking the Boughs of the Trees they feed on. Their Eggs, when first
laid, are of a pale green Colour, which they cover with a Substance
looking like Leaf-silver. They continue about one Month in the
Egg-state, and the _Caterpillars_ live all Winter.
See _Lister_ on _Godart_. P. 84. N. 87. _Rosel_, Cl. 2, Tab. 9.
_Reaumur_, Pl. 34. Pag. 534. Vol. 1.
The White Poplar-Tree.
_Populus alba majoribus foliis._ C. B.
L. 1. CH. 1. X. CL. 3. S. _A._ 10.
The LACKEY-MOTH. The _Caterpillars_ are very common, and feed on
most Kind of Herbage, especially _Black Thorn_, _White Thorn_, _&c._
about the Middle of _June_ they change to the _Chrysalis_ within a
Case, which they spin, and cover with a fine Dust of the Colour of
Brimstone. In this State they remain for about one Month; then the
_Moth_ appears, and lays her Eggs, in a spiral Order, round the young
Twigs of such Trees as are proper Food for the infant _Caterpillars_.
They hatch in the Spring, and keep together in a Web while young. As
these _Caterpillars_ are destructive in Gardens to Fruit-trees, _&c._
its adviseable to destroy them.
See _Godartius_, P. 1. Tab. 10. _Albin_, Pl. 19. _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab.
6. _Reaumur_, Vol. 2. Pl. 4. Pag. 120.
_Figure_ 1. Tway Blade. 2. The Crane’s Bill. 3. The Yellow-Vetchling.
1. _Bifolium, vulg._ C. B. 2. _Geranium Robertianum._ 3. _Lathyrus
luteus sylvestris dumetorum._ 1. B. II. 304.
L. 1. CH. 1. XI. CL. 3. S. _A._ 11.
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