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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.
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Highlights
The Grasshopper Tribes (DON'T you often wonder where)
DON'T you often wonder where they come from?
The Great Bug Family (Put it in this tumbler)
Put it in this tumbler of water, and clap the cover over it - - now we have it. so! quick What is that, Mollie? I just said bugs…
The Odd Spittle Insect
WHY, little Nell! What is the matter?
Neighbor Walking Stick
ISN'T this a pretty place to sit down and - "Ouch! ow! ow! ow!"
Our Pretty Dragon Flies
Come to a pond I know of.
Friend Cicada
May says she wishes that locust would keep quiet.