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Home Dictionary Name: gypsy mothGypsy moth
A tussock moth Lymantria dispar or Porthetria dispar or Ocneria dispar native of the Old World but accidentally introduced into eastern Massachusetts about 1869 where its caterpillars have done great damage to fruit shade and forest trees of many kinds The male gypsy moth is yellowish brown the female white and larger than the male In both sexes the wings are marked by dark lines and a dark lunule The caterpillars when full grown have a grayish mottled appearance with blue tubercles on the anterior and red tubercles on the posterior part of the body all giving rise to long yellow and black hairs They usually pupate in July and the moth appears in August The eggs are laid on tree trunks rocks etc and hatch in the spring...
Gypsies
Gypsies. The first of the laws against gypsies, 22 Hen. 8, c. 10, describes this people, who were then new-comers in this country, as 'outlandish persons calling themselves Egyptians, using no craft or feat or merchandise, who have come into this realm and go from shire to shire and place to place in great company, and use great, subtle, and crafty means to deceive the people, bearing them in hand, that they by palmistry could tell men's and women's fortunes; and so many times by craft and subtilty have deceived the people of their money, and also have committeed many heinous felonies and robberies.' It was enacted that if any such persons came within the realm, they should forfeit all their goods and chattels, and should leave the kingdom within fifteen days after command so to do, upon pain of imprisonment, 4 Reeves, c. xxx., 420.Both this Act, and the still more severe 1 & 2 P. & M. c. 4, have been repealed, as Acts not in use, by 19 & 20 Vict. c. 64. Fortune-tellers are, however, p...
Hawk moth
Any moth of the family Sphingidaelig of which there are numerous genera and species They are large handsome moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed They fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird sucking the honey by means of a long slender proboscis The larvaelig are large hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors and often with a caudal spine See Sphinx also Tobacco worm and Tomato worm...
Moth eaten
having holes due to eating by moths or moth larvae of cloth or clothing...
Io moth
A large and handsome American moth Hyperchiria Io having a large bright colored spot on each hind wing resembling the spots on the tail of a peacock The larva is covered with prickly hairs which sting like nettles...
Isabella moth
A common American moth Pyrrharctia isabella of an isabella color The larva called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar is densely covered with hairs which are black at each end of the body and red in the middle part...
Moth eat
To eat or prey upon as a moth eats a garment...
Pernyi moth
A silk producing moth Attacus Pernyi which feeds upon the oak It has been introduced into Europe and America from China...
Pyralid
Any moth of the family Pyralidaelig The species are numerous and mostly small but some of them are very injurious as the bee moth meal moth hop moth and clover moth...
Gypsey
A gypsy See Gypsy...
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