Excerpt: ...Caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterflies. (Reduced) See pages 112, 171 Mourning-Cloak See page 195 The Viceroy visiting wild carrot flowers EXAMPLES OF FOUR-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES SHOWING USE OF THE FOUR LEGS (Photographed from life) This idea may suggest to various observers an interesting point of view. When you see a butterfly flying leisurely from plant to plant and alighting upon the leaves rather than the blossom, you may be pretty sure that she is bent upon egg-laying. Now watch her to see if she goes at once ...
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Excerpt: ...Caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterflies. (Reduced) See pages 112, 171 Mourning-Cloak See page 195 The Viceroy visiting wild carrot flowers EXAMPLES OF FOUR-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES SHOWING USE OF THE FOUR LEGS (Photographed from life) This idea may suggest to various observers an interesting point of view. When you see a butterfly flying leisurely from plant to plant and alighting upon the leaves rather than the blossom, you may be pretty sure that she is bent upon egg-laying. Now watch her to see if she goes at once to the particular kind of leaves she finally selects or does she stop momentarily upon neighboring plants, apparently trying to find the one from which the fragrance emanates until at last she reaches it. Such observations have only rarely been recorded and if carefully made, notes being taken on the spot, they would have decided scientific value. Pg 145 Abundance and Distribution Few butterflies are more abundant or more widely distributed throughout North America than the beautiful little Pearl Crescent. It occurs over practically the whole of the United States and Canada and is found from early in spring until late in autumn. It is a rather small species with a wing expanse of only about an inch and a quarter, the upper surface of the wings being that tone of reddish brown called fulvous, more or less marked with black wavy lines and dots. The under surface is similar in color, with a small silver crescent near the outer margin of each hind wing. These butterflies are not very active creatures, although they are commonly found in meadows and pastures along brooks and by the borders of open woods. Instead of laying their eggs singly as do so many of the more active butterflies, they lay them in clusters, often of a hundred or more, one layer of eggs being placed above the other upon the aster leaf. In at least one case observed, the caterpillars hatch from the layer farthest away from the leaf surface before those of the layer next the...
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8vo, pp. 286. [Little nature library. ] Illustrated with 48 plates, 32 in color. Dark green cloth, stamped in gilt with picture pasted on front. Cover worn, rear hinge tender, o/w VG.
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Very Good. Size: 0x0x0; 1923 ed.; deckle edges; 286 p., clean and unmarked; 48 plates, 32 in color; 1927 Christmas Seal stamp on half t.p.; binding firm; boards fine with beautiful color picture of butterflies among strawberries; the d.j. that has protected the volume so valiantly h as open tear at lower corner of front panel and some chipping of edges.
