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.”

The Horned Corydalus

2 pages in this part of The Insect Folk.

The Horned Corydalus (No more bugs if you please)

No more bugs, if you please.

The Horned Corydalus (Other insects we have studied)

the other insects we have studied until we came to the dobson.

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