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The eggs hatch in September. If one lifts the scales of the muff, one can see black heads appear, which nibble and push back their coverings. The tiny creatures come out slowly all over the surface. They are pale yellow, with black heads twice as large as their bodies. First they eat the pine needles on which their nest was placed; then they eat the near-by needles.
卵在九月孵化。如果你把皮手筒的鱗片拿起來，你會看到黑色的腦袋出現了，它們咬著皮手筒，把它的覆蓋物往后推。這些微小的生物慢慢地爬出水面。它們是淡黃色的，黑色的腦袋是身體的兩倍大。期先它們吃筑巢的松針；隨后他們吃附近的松針。
From time to time, three or four, who have eaten as much as they want, fall in line and walk in step in a little procession. This is practice for the coming processions. If I disturb them, they sway the front half of their bodies and wag their heads. The next thing they do is to spin a little tent at the place where their nest was. The tent is a small ball made of gauze, resting on some leaves. Inside it they take a rest during the hottest part of the day. In the afternoon they leave this shelter and start feeding again.
不時地，三四只想吃多少就吃多少的毛蟲排著隊，整齊地走在一個小隊伍里。這是即將到來的游行的慣例。如果我打擾它們，它們會擺動前半部分的身體，搖著頭。接下來它們要做的就是在他們的巢所在的地方搭一個小帳篷。帳篷是用紗布做成的小球，放在一些樹葉上。在一天中最熱的時候，它們會在里面休息。下午，它們離開這個庇護所，重新開始進食。
