. Eyes and no eyes. he daddy-long-legs and the May-fly. You cannotsee these divisions quite so well in the beetle be-cause its wing-cases cover the join between thefront and hind body. Wo had better call these three divisions bytheir light names—(a) head; (b) front body, orthorax; (c) hind body, or abdomen. It is becauseinsects are cut into these three parts that theyhave their name. It conies from the Latin inseco(/ cut into). The Spiders head is not clearly dividedfrom i<s body, and a Centipede has not threedivisions. For this reason, and because they havenot six legs, some naturalists se
. Eyes and no eyes. he daddy-long-legs and the May-fly. You cannotsee these divisions quite so well in the beetle be-cause its wing-cases cover the join between thefront and hind body. Wo had better call these three divisions bytheir light names—(a) head; (b) front body, orthorax; (c) hind body, or abdomen. It is becauseinsects are cut into these three parts that theyhave their name. It conies from the Latin inseco(/ cut into). The Spiders head is not clearly dividedfrom i<s body, and a Centipede has not threedivisions. For this reason, and because they havenot six legs, some naturalists separate them fromthe true insects. This is why I did not call theminsects Another thing you can notice well in the littlegreen Grasshopper: his body is divided into rings(r), from his tail up to his head; and you cansee the same i^ the wasp and the daddy-long-legs,the aphis and tiie cocktail beetle. All insectshave ringed bodies. It is these rings which enable the Wasp tobend her abdomen (c) when she wants to sting. BUTTERFLIES. 1. Peacock Butteilly ou wijig. g. Oraiise-tip At rest. J Chi v*>alij» 2. Caterpillar. §. Feniale at rest. 3. Ciirysali-s. 9. Small Heatli Butterflyi. BniiLstone Butterfly. lo. At iest ■<:}.ft. Chrysalis. {See page 23.) WffAT IS AN INSECTS 11 and to breathe. You can see, as she stands,how it keeps moving up and down all the is because she is breathing. How do youthink she does it ? Not through her mouth aswe do, but through her sides. If you look closely at the grasshopper you willsee along the sides of his body, some little blackdots (h, p. 7), one in each ring. These are breathingholes, and through them the air goes in and are smaller in a wasp, but they are there, andshe is pumping the air in and out of them. NoT\^ that we have put aside the spider andthe centipede, those that remain are true there is a difference between the daddy-long-legs and the rest, which you must notice. Thisis that they a
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