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.”

The Little Caddice Flies

5 pages in this part of The Insect Folk.

The Little Caddice Flies

HERE we are in the woods again.

The Little Caddice Flies: Mollie

The larva does not come entirely out, you see, but pulls its house along with it, and when it is frightened it pops back into its little…

The Little Caddice Flies: John

Please fill the saucer about half full of water, John. Thank you.

The Little Caddice Flies: Glossary

GLOSSARY Abdomen (ab-dō'-men). The lower part of an animal's body. The part behind the thorax in insects.

The Little Caddice Flies: Hard

Chitinous (ki'-tin-us). Hard, horny, and shell-like.

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