Clisiocampa neustria, the Lacky Moth, Hies only at night. It appears about July, and its eggs are laid round the twigs of trees in the form of a broad band of about three hundred eggs, closely glued together, and resembling a ring of seed lac. The caterpillars striped longitudinally blue, red, and yellow, appear from these in the April or May following. They congregate in large nests at the forks of the small branches, and are then easily crushed en masse. They enter the chrysalis state at the end of June, and then they are to be found in cocoons between two leaves, etc.

"In June they are full grown and about an inch in length, gray striped with blue, red, and yellow, and having but few hairs. The caterpillar spins between two leaves a thin web of an oval form, and it becomes a longish brown pupa, in which state it remains for three weeks or a month. In July the moth appears, which in size and colour, is not unlike the silkworm moth. Its colour is light yellow, and sometimes dark olive colour. The upper wings are banded, and the lower wings are generally of a uniform brownish colour. The male is readily known from the female, by its strongly pectinated antennae and thinner body. The insect flies only at night, and consequently is rarely seen. It often appears in considerable numbers, and does not confine its ravages to fruit trees, but attacks many other trees; such as beeches, elms, poplars, oaks, and even pines. The best means of lessening the devastations committed by the insect is, in the winter season, carefully to search the fruit trees for the bands of eggs laid on the branches, and to crush them. In May, when the caterpillars are living in society, the nests containing them should be collected and destroyed.

Care must be taken when collecting the nests, for if the caterpillars are much disturbed, they let themselves down to the ground by means of a thin silken thread, and escape. In July their cocoons should be looked for on the trees between the leaves, in the roofs of sheds, and even on the tops of walls." - Gard. Chron.