. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. " Rag carpet" worms "RAG CARPET" WORMS butlittle information on the subject. So I was obliged to learn what I could from obser- vation, and it was an experience big with pleasant surprises and sore disappointments. Maggie, the dearest of girl neighbors, was a willing assistant in my investigations and ever on the outlook for speci- mens. Some time before she had told me about caterpillars that fed in her garden on the le
. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. " Rag carpet" worms "RAG CARPET" WORMS butlittle information on the subject. So I was obliged to learn what I could from obser- vation, and it was an experience big with pleasant surprises and sore disappointments. Maggie, the dearest of girl neighbors, was a willing assistant in my investigations and ever on the outlook for speci- mens. Some time before she had told me about caterpillars that fed in her garden on the leaves of parsley, dill, turnip and said that they looked like bits of rag carpet, so when I uncovered the can I at once recognized its inmates as the "rag carpet" worms of her description. As she poked one with a bit of twig, it shot forth from its head a reddish V-shaped prong which emitted a mo?t sicken- ing odor. We discovered that each and every one of the caterpil- lars had a sim- ilar organ, and that it was not loath to use the same upon the slightest prov- A partly crown ofttMpillar OCation. 805. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robertson-Miller, Ellen, 1859-1937. Toronto : McClelland & Goodchild
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