Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-02
II The TWILIGHT
] DR. ERE THE DAWN
v,rd Of the Dark Described
BEFORE the Nature Class
At University.
THIS ON WESTERN MOTHS.
came 10 be Beautiful and Bcne-
' .,,,l. while Others Are Dread
full and Injurious.

,r. stody the moths? Firstly, be-
W" nav are beautiful and wonder
elu'' secondly. because they include
'u' that multiply so rapidly and
creatulIs, stnIotive that one must learn
are 70 uSs histories in order to combat
thelr ny rst then, the sentimental as
them. FITS"
pect ON n,ttn pApE
..rh.ra are two worlds says Hol-
i"' .the world Of sunshine and The
ANY, ot The dark. Most of us are more
Noi, a.s familiarity acquainted with the
" ~. rery few of us are well acqualnt-
~ u, ,c,,h the latter our eyes are Wen
ca ,cd 10 serve us in the daylight,
-, ,bev do not serve us well IN the
~ ~, ana we therefore fan to know,
u uaisss we patiently study them, what
u.nnSsrs this world of the dark holds
within itself There are whole armies
Nt,,i,g things. which, when we go TO
o. NM bsgin TO awaken; and when we
seet sen ca to sleep, The eyes of the
aNs n,,,res Of the dark are adapted TO
el. i.S with less light than our eyes re-
sss ,n The broad daylight dazzles and
qu,,,rds them. Sunshine has much
. .s1 .sme effect upon them that dark
lnV has mon us. Our twilight is their
w. our midnight Is their noon
nv Among the insects, thousands
oii tens of thousands of species ar5
a As This is true OF the great
n"i,rtv of moths. The colors distinc-
,,rs n many species, are displayed only
=, rjeht "In some species they are
ss,Ssd with pink, in others with
s saaSa still others have markings of
,.nw orange or snowy white on
ssrsVround Of jet-black. The con-
s,nsion is rresistibly forced upon us
,bst the eyes of these creatures are
eanable OF discriminating these colors
In the darkness
THE PRACTICAL SIDE.
Another reason for studying moths
will appeal more strongly to most peo-
ME- n present the great question in
he east seems to be whether or not
The rypsy moth can be controlled or
confined TO the area that it now In
fests or whether breaking those bounds
h shall destroy the forests of Am
erica
This insect has been costing Mas
sachusetts for several years more than
AD00Ot a year, merely to keep 1t
nom Spreading. In Boston. since the
advent OF the gypsy moth, n large pro-
portion Of the shade trees have been
irreparably injured and the majority
Of the evergreens killed. In Europe
frey pay little attention to the gypsy
moth, because It's natural enemies keep
Il from unduly multiplying We are
Low seeking to Introduce these para
sites TO prevent II from running our
nrests. The national government is
yendlng s250,000 this year TO combat
Ills moth. Prof. Titus related how
u attempted to climb a little hill in
Massachusetts, at time when the cat
Gpiers had defoliated the trees on
the top OF the hill ana were seeking
ether feeding grounds. 1t was not
possible for anyone to ascend the hill.
The caterpillers covered the entire
surface, often three or four deep, and
the ascent could not be made The
terrible scourge must be seen to be
appreciated In another group, we
have the tent-makers, though some
forest tent caterpillers make no tents.
Their eggs are laid around the limb
IN ring in fall or spring, and are
Hegarous; that is, when about 10
days cid each colony spins a tent in
the angle of the limb, and live to-
sether in this shelter. When full
grown, each spins a cocoon.
THE HAWK MOTHS.
The professor began his lecture be-
fore the university classes in nature