. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. HOW INSECTS MAKE The katydid has a wing that is very cu- rious to look at. You have seen this little insect, I have no doubt. Its color is light green, and just where the wing joins the body there is a thick ridge, and another on the wing. On this ridge there is a thin and strong skin, which makes a sort of drumhead. It is the rubbing of these two ridges, or drumheads, that makes the queer noise you have heard. There is no music in it, surely. The insects could keep quiet as Avell as no
. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. HOW INSECTS MAKE The katydid has a wing that is very cu- rious to look at. You have seen this little insect, I have no doubt. Its color is light green, and just where the wing joins the body there is a thick ridge, and another on the wing. On this ridge there is a thin and strong skin, which makes a sort of drumhead. It is the rubbing of these two ridges, or drumheads, that makes the queer noise you have heard. There is no music in it, surely. The insects could keep quiet as Avell as not, and they must enjoy doing it. The katydid usually makes three rubs with its drumheads, some- times only two. You can fancy she says " Katy did," and " She did," or "She didn'; The moment it is dusk they begin. Soon the whole company are at work. As they rest after each rubbing it seems as if they answered each other. Did you know that bees hum from under their wings? It is not the stir of those beautiful light "wings we hear. It is the air draw- ing in and out of the air-tubes, in the bee's quick flight. \^ ^.^ ' ,/ =. _^ - ^j"'" The faster a bee flies the louder ^ 7 Ai'-â¢/ â *^." - the hum- â¢y - Don t you feel ? In- deed they do! They have nerves ill! over them, even through their wings, and out to the end of every feeler. They suffer just as much as you do when hurt. You must remem- ber this, and be kind to all the little in- sects God has made. believe. 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 Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe, 1850-1943. Boston, Estes and Lauriat
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