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THE CRINKLED FLANNEL MOTH (Megalopyge crispata, Pack.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. V. Slingerland
M. V. Slingerland
Affiliation:
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
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September 3rd, 1895, I received several nearly full-growns specimens of the curious, sluglike caterpillars of this beautiful moth, so aptly named by Professor Comstock, “the crinkled flannel moth.” The cunning brown caterpillars were placed in a cage here at the insectary, where they fed freely on apple leaves, although they were feeding on quince when found at Worcester, Mass. Since Dr. Packard described the insect in its different stages in 1864, its life-history has been worked out in detail by Dr. Lintner (Ent. Contrib., II., p. 138, 1870), and recently by Dr. Packard (Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. for : 894, p. 275). In this last paper Dr. Packard has described and figured in detail the extra two pairs of abdominal legs (seven pairs in all) possessed by the caterpillars, and some curious lateral glandular processes.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , January 1897 , pp. 1 - 2
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1897

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