The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-07-11
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FROM THE LYNcHBURG STAR.
Observation-Disclosures

|, SiR-The frped worm or eatterplar xyh;,L
.Aseiy made its appearance in divers parts of the eon
Wy, ana threatened defrntfon to our a,d
| arGheial gratiss. have fuddenly disappeared
ine'f Progrefe and tranfn,u,sor have been v,,,ej,
Gu anu holiesa' and aPFrehend, we fhall have no
great caue to be further alarmed m ,b.; - w
Their enemies numerous and fon,e of ,b.,
eripl--Whe IN their caterpillar Fate thew are rsrG
ed oy an lchnueman infect abom an ;neh and an 10
long, with foreeps uefembng the BLOWING bee,le vi
carly called the black befst is an a6tlse 6.rrs ~
iect' and can move quickly thro' the ground like !,
mole. put one Of them into glars tumbler ,,;,t,
Tome mould Tor to hide in, aud pur ten or twelS.
OF the eaterpiBars at time in with him, the whoIe
Oh WHICH ne would devOur in the courfe of the dsv
Numbers were defroyed by hogs and birds, and no.
lew by the antsbut their greatea enemy is grew
lib ny, iomewhat larger than the common houfe av.
which it n,nch reGembles. This hy depo(its eggs ~,
the pack OF the caterpillar LITTLE below the head
where matches, and makes its way into the BODY 81
the caterpillar which defroys and continues there
M during IRIS nIaZgot late, and when rpe for change
eatsits way hro che kin of the putrid earcafe rol,
rieitin the duff, and Prefehy becomes an aurea for
fly again.
had three glafes--in the firR pu, the Ichnue.
man, and fed him with ten or twelve worms day,
as long as they could be procuredAhe then perihed
for want of food
In the fecopd gaTs put feveral eAterpillars which
had no eggs their backs, and fed them with graf,
I'll they hed their coats and BECAME aureas in which
Rate they remained about eight days when they aGn
med the butterfly form, iniilar TO thofe 70 trouble
lone about our candles in the fummer evenings, IL
not the very fame.
IN athird glafs put fome which had eggs on their
baeks-(t was obftrved by MANY people thar moo Of
the caterpars had from one 10 four or five FINAL eco.
cn their b1tks) thefe were ALTO fed with blades rs
gratis until they ckened and died. one after another
and became Pu,rid, aud would have been thrown 4.
way, had they not been found to contain fomethin5
hard and iumPy within-and day while viewirsS
them, as one ieened to have an uncommon appear.
ance it was taken out and laid upon piece Of paper.
and ina few minutes two msggots made their VA
from different parts-they appeared be very unsa
~, and r0ye hard to get from the paper as fan AZ
they eouldG. they therefore dropped into the
gafs with mould the bottom and immediately up
on falling into the dua, rolled themfetves ND and bs
gan to aifune the aurelian Date, and in i've or fx
days more bseame the ay abpveulensoned- will
oe Remembered by every that where the cater
pillar was moh abundant that the ny herein defer.
bed abounded alto. Several people have obGeryed "a
me, that their numbers fuch 20 create poif,
like that of bees when f~arming, and thought thar
they were the parents Of the Caterpillar, nesj Of the
dearoyer.-Les infdels reheel, and reveie the wave
experimenting providence /!
June rs, 1906.