Bulletin of the New York State Museum, Issues 61-64The University, 1903 - Science |
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Page 99 - They may be distinguished from those of the tent caterpillar by being placed at the tips of the branches, while the tent caterpillar con structs its tent in a fork of the limbs. The latter insect rarely, if ever, attacks pear, which is a favorite food plant of the brown tail moth. The fall webworm, while often found on peartrees, spins a large open web at the ends of the branches and feeds within this web. This insect does not appear until after the brown tail moth has ceased to do damage. Food plants....
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Page 2 - requested to report to the Legislature, at its next session, the most expedient method of obtaining a complete geological survey of the State, which shall furnish a scientific and perfect account of its rocks, soils, and minerals, and of their localities ; a list of all its...