Insects injurious to fruits . Fig. 65. rm. Fraternal Potter-wasp, Eumenes fraternus Say (a, Fig. 65),stores the cells for her young with canker-worms, often placingas many as fifteen or twenty in a single cell. In the figure, at ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 71 6 is shown fhe clay cell of this insect entire; at c the same cutthrough, showing how it is packed with these larvae. Thesecells are sometimes attached to plants and sometimes con-structed under the loose bark of trees. Insect-eating birdsalso devour large numbers of canker-worms. These insects are not confined to the apple-tree: elm-trees are

Insects injurious to fruits . Fig. 65. rm. Fraternal Potter-wasp, Eumenes fraternus Say (a, Fig. 65),stores the cells for her young with canker-worms, often placingas many as fifteen or twenty in a single cell. In the figure, at ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 71 6 is shown fhe clay cell of this insect entire; at c the same cutthrough, showing how it is packed with these larvae. Thesecells are sometimes attached to plants and sometimes con-structed under the loose bark of trees. Insect-eating birdsalso devour large numbers of canker-worms. These insects are not confined to the apple-tree: elm-trees are Stock Photo
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Insects injurious to fruits . Fig. 65. rm. Fraternal Potter-wasp, Eumenes fraternus Say (a, Fig. 65), stores the cells for her young with canker-worms, often placingas many as fifteen or twenty in a single cell. In the figure, at ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 71 6 is shown fhe clay cell of this insect entire; at c the same cutthrough, showing how it is packed with these larvae. Thesecells are sometimes attached to plants and sometimes con-structed under the loose bark of trees. Insect-eating birdsalso devour large numbers of canker-worms. These insects are not confined to the apple-tree: elm-trees are frequently eaten bare by them; they attack alsothe plum, cherry, linden, and many other trees. They arecommon in the Eastern and Western States, and also in someparts of Canada. No. 27.—The Fall Web-worm. ? Hyphantria textor Harris. After the webs of the tent-caterpillars have been carefullyremoved in the spring, and the fruit-grower is perhaps flatter-ing himself with the idea that his troubles in this directionare about over, toward