. Eyes and no eyes. yellowcaterpillars will turn into Red Admirals. Again, you may find a bunch of settle leaves tied FAMILIAl) SVTTEBFLIES. 25 together with silk, which have many caterpillarsinside them. These will be very spiny, and havefour yellow stripes on their black bodies. They willturn into small Tortoiseshellbutterflies. Unless you know thesethree kinds of caterpillarswell, the safe way is tobring them all homeand keep them till thebutterflies come out,and then notice manylittle differences whichI cannot give you here. On the thistles jowmay find anothercaterpillar whichdraws the lea
. Eyes and no eyes. yellowcaterpillars will turn into Red Admirals. Again, you may find a bunch of settle leaves tied FAMILIAl) SVTTEBFLIES. 25 together with silk, which have many caterpillarsinside them. These will be very spiny, and havefour yellow stripes on their black bodies. They willturn into small Tortoiseshellbutterflies. Unless you know thesethree kinds of caterpillarswell, the safe way is tobring them all homeand keep them till thebutterflies come out,and then notice manylittle differences whichI cannot give you here. On the thistles jowmay find anothercaterpillar whichdraws the leavesround it, and whosechrysalis has goldspots upon it. Thiswill turn into a reddislfly called the Painted ]years there are verywhile in other years they are plentif i Our next search shall be amongthe alder trees by the riversideeither in the early spring or al)outthe end of July, for there are twobroods of this butterfly. You must look among the small twigs for apretty green chrysalis with red dots on it, something. •own butter-ly. In somew of these. 1. TORTOISKSHKLL BUTTERFLY 2. AT REST. 3. CHRYSALIS. 26 INSECT LIFE. like a ribbed shell. It will be tied round the middleto the stem of the twig by a fine rope of silk (5,Plate, p. 10). Notice how cleverly the caterpillarhas swung it, so that the heavy broad end balancesthe long thin one. Then cut off the twig and takeit home. The chrysalis will turn into the Brim-stone butterfly (4), whose pale yellow wingshave four red spots on them. You will know itquite well, for it is generally the first butterfly tocome out in the spring. Next we shall have to look low down among theplants by the roadside. There are some with whiteand pink flowers whose petals are in the form of across. They are called rockcress and bittercress, andif you can find out which they are, and look undertheir leaves you may find a most curious chrysalis(7, p. 10) shaped like a boat pointed at both will turn into the Orange-tip butterfly (6),which has
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