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The BLACK TUSSOCK-MOTH. This Moth is bred about the Middle of June; at which Time it lays Eggs of a light grey Colour, inclosed within a woolly Substance; and thus they continue for about one Month. When the infant Caterpillars appear, they feed on Black Thorn, White Thorn, Bramble, &c. They live all the Winter in the Caterpillar State, and change to a hairy Chrysalis, within a Spinning, about the Middle of May. The Caterpillars may be found, full fed, on Black Thorn that grows by the Sides of Woods and Hedges; as for the Moth, it is not commonly taken in the Fly-state.
See Albin, Pl. 26. Rosel, Cl. 2. Tab. 37.
The White double Garden-Rose.
Rosa Alba hortensis, flore pleno. I. B. 1144.
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The YELLOW TUSSOCK-MOTH. Its Caterpillar feeds on the Red Archangel, Oak, Hasle, &c. towards the End of September. It makes a Spinning, within which a hairy Chrysalis is formed, where it lives till the Middle of May following, and then the Moth takes its flight; but it is not a very common Fly.
See Merian, Vol. 1. Ch. 47. Albin, Pl. 26. Rosel, Cl. 2. Tab. 38. Reaumur, Pl. 33. Pag. 534. Vol. 1.
The Red Archangel.
Lamium rubrum. Ger. 568.
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The RED-SPOT TUSSOCK-MOTH. The Caterpillars are very common, feeding on most Elm and Lime Trees about Town. They make a Spinning under the Copings of Walls, Pales, &c. at the End of May; and the Moth is bred at the End of June and in July. The Females have no Wings; but, if you carry one or two of them in a Box (where there is a Breed of this Moth) the Males will follow you in order to get at them: So that, if you put the Box on the Ground, you may easily take the Cocks with your Net. Several other Moths may be taken by the like Means.
See Albin, P. 89. Reaumur, Pl. 19. Pag. 342. Vol. 1.
The smooth Leaved Elm.
Ulmus folio Glabro. Ger. Em. 1481.
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The ORANGE TUSSOCK-MOTH. The Food of its Caterpillar is Hasle, St. John’s Wort, Oak, &c. About the Middle of May it made a Spinning, and changed to a Chrysalis, and the Moth came forth three Weeks after. It is very scarce, and the Female has no Wings. I took one of these Caterpillars, feeding on Oak Leaves, on the 25th of September 1748; two Days after, it spun up in order to its Chrysalis State, and, on the 8th of October, the Moth was bred: From whence I conclude, this Moth breeds twice in a Year.
See Rosel, Cl. 2. Tab. 40. Albin, P. 90.
The elegant upright St. John’s Wort.
Hypericum pulchrum Tragi. I. B. III. 383.
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The NUT-TREE TUSSOCK-MOTH. The Caterpillar of this very scarce Fly was fed upon the Hasle. About the Middle of September it spun up, and changed into a Chrysalis, and the Moth was bred at the Beginning of April.
See Albin, P. 90. Rosel, Cl. 2. Tab. 53.
The Masculine Apricock.
Armeniaca, fructu minore præcocior. Miller.
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THE SYCAMORE TUSSOCK-MOTH. You may find the Caterpillars on Sycamore Trees, and, towards the End of August, they are usually full fed; at which Time they spin themselves up, intermixing their Hairs with the Web, and change into the Chrysalis State. The Moths are bred in May and June, are not uncommon, and may be found on the Bodies of the Trees in St. James’s Park, on Pales, Walls, &c.
See Albin, P. 83. Reaumur, Pl. 34. Pag. 534. Vol. 1.
The Sycamore Tree.
Acer majus, multis falso Platanus. I. B.