Box Elder News Journal | 1904-06-16 | Page 3 | Brown Tall Moth Hairs

brown tail moth hairs it la Is eo surprising to tear bear that a caterpillar can become a menace to health A press bulletin ol of abe new hampshire station says one of the most serious effects ot of the presence ot of the brown tall moth bloth in a community la is that ot of the peculiar skin AID disease it may produce some of the hairs of tile the full grown caterpillars are furnished with minute barbs when the tha caterpillars molt these barbed hairs are obed alth the sun skin and as the skins become dry and are blown about by the wind the hairs may be quite generally disseminated when the hars alight upon the human skin shin they cause an irritation which upon rubbing may develop into inflammation in new hampshire tills this phase of the insects presence has already become evident at ports