gipsy, moth

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Definition of gipsy, moth in English Turkish dictionary

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gipsy moth

ağaç güvesi

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Definition of gipsy, moth in English English dictionary

The male gypsy moth is yellowish brown, the female white, and larger than the male

They usually pupate in July and the moth appears in August

The caterpillars, when full-grown, have a grayish mottled appearance, with blue tubercles on the anterior and red tubercles on the posterior part of the body, all giving rise to long yellow and black hairs

In both sexes the wings are marked by dark lines and a dark lunule

A tussock moth (Ocneria dispar) native of the Old World, but accidentally introduced into eastern Massachusetts about 1869, where its caterpillars have done great damage to fruit, shade, and forest trees of many kinds

and hatch in the spring

The eggs are laid on tree trunks, rocks, etc