. Wild nature's ways . SIX SPOTBURNET CATER-PILLAR ANDPUP/E CASE. I haveoil severaloccasions,whilstwalking along primrose-deckeddrives in woods, been struckby the complete harmonisa-tion of this butterfly with theflowers when it happened toalight upon , although as a rule creatures of thenight, are much easier to figure with a camerathan butterflies, because, when found by day,they are generally quiescent, and may be easilyattracted to a given spot during the calm, warmhours of summer darkness by what ento-mologists call sugaring, which consists of INSECTS AT WORK AND PLAY 131 besmea
. Wild nature's ways . SIX SPOTBURNET CATER-PILLAR ANDPUP/E CASE. I haveoil severaloccasions,whilstwalking along primrose-deckeddrives in woods, been struckby the complete harmonisa-tion of this butterfly with theflowers when it happened toalight upon , although as a rule creatures of thenight, are much easier to figure with a camerathan butterflies, because, when found by day,they are generally quiescent, and may be easilyattracted to a given spot during the calm, warmhours of summer darkness by what ento-mologists call sugaring, which consists of INSECTS AT WORK AND PLAY 131 besmearing the trunks of trees with a decoctionmade of rum, treacle, and essence of jargonellepears. They may then be photographed by theaid of a magnesium flash-lamp. The tiger moth is a handsome fellow, subject
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