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Carama Cretata

Carama cretata

Plate XXXVIII — Carama Cretata is Fig. 22
Plate XXXVIII — Carama Cretata is Fig. 22

The insect feeds in its larval stage upon the red-bud (Cercis). The caterpillars are gregarious at first, but during the later part of their life separate. The cocoon is made in the ground. The insect occurs from New Jersey and southern Pennsylvania southward in the Appalachian region at comparatively low elevations.