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 Ravenous Chinch Bugs

2 pages in this part of The Insect Folk.

The Ravenous Chinch Bugs

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The Ravenous Chinch Bugs (THERE are a great many bugs)

THERE are a great many bugs injurious to vegetation, among them the little chinch bugs.

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