Author: C. I. Marlatt

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-06

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 9780265408216

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Excerpt from Report on the Gypsy Moth and the Brown-Tail Moth: July, 1904 The brown-tail moth is now even better known about Boston than is the gypsy moth. The widespread information relative to the brown-tail moth arises chiefly from the fact that the hairs of the larvae are distinctly poisonous and nettling, and thousands of people throughout the range of this pest have been poisoned the present sum mer or during past years. The hairs produce on sensitive subjects (and very few are entirely immune) a cash or nettling, with some fes tering, which lasts for a week or more, and is attended with more or less itching and irritation. This poisoning may result from the falling of the caterpillar on the neck and hands or clothing of the passer-by, or from the loosened hairs shed from the cast larval skin at the time of transformation to the Chrysalis stage. The loosened hairs, or the shed skin, are blown about by the winds and frequently attach to clothing hung up in yards for drying. By this means they are conveyed to the skin, resulting often in very gen eral inflammation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Report on the Gypsy Moth and the Brown-Tail Moth written by C. I. Marlatt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report on the Gypsy Moth and the Brown-Tail Moth: July, 1904 The brown-tail moth is now even better known about Boston than is the gypsy moth. The widespread information relative to the brown-tail moth arises chiefly from the fact that the hairs of the larvae are distinctly poisonous and nettling, and thousands of people throughout the range of this pest have been poisoned the present sum mer or during past years. The hairs produce on sensitive subjects (and very few are entirely immune) a cash or nettling, with some fes tering, which lasts for a week or more, and is attended with more or less itching and irritation. This poisoning may result from the falling of the caterpillar on the neck and hands or clothing of the passer-by, or from the loosened hairs shed from the cast larval skin at the time of transformation to the Chrysalis stage. The loosened hairs, or the shed skin, are blown about by the winds and frequently attach to clothing hung up in yards for drying. By this means they are conveyed to the skin, resulting often in very gen eral inflammation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.