Four feet, wings, and fins . ? The ugly things ! exclaimed May. I think their apple-green complexion quitepretty, said Grace. O but the ugly hump on their backs, and thetwo horrid horns on their tails ! I just know theywould like to sting, and I wouldnt have one get onme for a hundred dollars. Well, the puss-moths are these ugly,horrid,greenworms, as you are pleased to term them, in theperfect form. Now will you ever be so afraid ofthem again ? I dont know. Ive seem them poke out theirhorns many a time when I accidentally got too near. They are cross after they have changed theirskins for the
Four feet, wings, and fins . ? The ugly things ! exclaimed May. I think their apple-green complexion quitepretty, said Grace. O but the ugly hump on their backs, and thetwo horrid horns on their tails ! I just know theywould like to sting, and I wouldnt have one get onme for a hundred dollars. Well, the puss-moths are these ugly,horrid,greenworms, as you are pleased to term them, in theperfect form. Now will you ever be so afraid ofthem again ? I dont know. Ive seem them poke out theirhorns many a time when I accidentally got too near. They are cross after they have changed theirskins for the last time, but as they increase in sizethey become more gentle. They ates their skins, all but their heads, afterthey shed em, for Ive seen them, said Pat. Yes. The head is probably too tough or theywould swallow that, too. You have a large collec- 418 MORE ABOUT INSECTS. tion of clothes-moths. Here are gray, white, yellow,black and striped. There is no insect in the worldmore hateful to the house-wife than those tiny, harm-. less-looking creatures. With all her care they willmanage to deposit their eggs among the woolens MORE ABOUT INSECTS. and furs so that their Httle ones may have thesesubstances to feed upon and wrap themselves up inas soon as they are hatched. Havent you oftennoticed tiny little bags hanging from the ceiling ? * The children thought they had not. Then you have not become very close observersyet. I think /see one now, and mounting a chairshe plucked it down and exhibited it to the children. Let us see what is here, she continued, takinga needle and carefully opening the bag. Why, a ittle bit of a worm ! cried Rose, who waspulling her cousins sleeve to obtain a perfect view. Yes, a little worm. The larva of the clothes-moth. How does he get up to the ceiling, Id like toknow, said Frank. As soon as he is hatched he begins a little housefor himself. His mouth, like that of many worms,is like a tiny pair of scissors, opening from side toside instead of up and d
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