The Insect Folk

Dragon-flies, katydids, the funny back-swimmers and little Mrs. Shore Bug — Morley walks children through the insect world by asking them to go and LOOK: “books will help you, but you must watch, too.”

Table of Contents

A Word to the Children

DEAR CHILDREN, - The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them. Watch them whenever you can, and each time you will find…

The Ravenous Chinch Bugs

2 pages

Our Pretty Dragon Flies

3 pages

The Fairy May Flies

2 pages

Dragon Fly Wings

Richard asks, "Where do May flies come from?

The Stone Fly Folk

What do you think he caught?

The Silver Fish

MAY has something here for us to look at. She says have it in that little box. See, the box has a glass top. May cut the top off the box…

The Old Cockroaches

2 pages

Neighbor Walking Stick

ISN'T this a pretty place to sit down and - "Ouch! ow! ow! ow!"

The Grasshopper Tribes

10 pages

The Shorthorned Grasshoppers

They have no horns, of course, but some have short antennæ that stick out like little horns, and those we call shorthorned.

The Longhorned Grasshoppers

Probably it was the longhorned grasshoppers that Charlie saw so many of in the meadow.

Pretty Katydids

Well, well, did she or didn't she, and what of it anyway.

The Cricket-Like Grasshoppers

Now what strange-looking little creature are you?

The Cheery Cricket People

2 pages

Male Cricket

Now look at this cricket Mabel has caught. It is a female, and its wings, you see, are not ornamented like those of the male.

A Large Family

2 pages

The Great Bug Family

17 pages

The Water Boatman

What, May; you want to see a bug?

The Funny Back-Swimmers

WHAT, John? You know a water boatman that swims on its back?

The Giant Water Bug

A GOOD many kinds of bugs live in the water, but perhaps the oddest of all is the giant water bug.

Little Mrs. Shore Bug

MAY says she wants to hear more about bugs.

The Airy Water Striders

THEN there are the water striders.

A Queer Fellow

WHAT do you suppose is in this box?

Hawthorn Twig

If we pay a visit to that hawthorn bush we shall probably find a bug to our liking. Yes, here is one. It is a tiny thing, I know, but wait…

A Bad Bug

Now, here is a bug we all loathe. It is round and flat, and reddish brown in color, and it has a disgusting odor.

The Troublesome Red Bug

THERE are a great many kinds of bugs on the leaves and flowers in summer, and some of them do much damage by eating the vegetation.

The Well Protected Stink Bug

ONE of the bugs we know the best and like the least is the stink bug.

Red Raspberry

ing! It is very evident that she has.

The Louse

YES, John, lice are bugs, and very mean bugs too.

Bird Lice and Book Lice

That is, they do not belong to the bug order.

Friend Cicada

May says she wishes that locust would keep quiet.

The Odd Spittle Insect

WHY, little Nell! What is the matter?

Pretty Leaf Hoppers

JUST see this bush! Be careful not to shake it.

The Comical Tree Hoppers

Do you know the tree hoppers, - absurd little jokers that they are?

The Jumping Plant Lice

THE jumping plant lice are nearly related to the tree hoppers, but they do not look at all like them. Under the magnifying glass they look…

The Aphids

Now, let us go in search of the aphids, or aphides, as they are also called. We shall not have to search far.

Scale Bugs

WHAT, May, you are tired out?

The Horned Corydalus

2 pages

Female Corydalus

John, you were fortunate in your hunting.

Fairy Lacewing

May says it is a darling, like a woodland fairy clad all in green.

The Ant Lion

JOHN has found something he wants us all to see.

The Little Caddice Flies

5 pages

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