. St. Nicholas [serial]. o see grass-hoppers ? I enjoythe Nature and Sci-ence department verymuch. Your constant reader,Nanette Norris(age 9). Most species ofgrasshoppers passthe winter in theegg stage. The eggs are deposited in theground in autumn, and begin to hatch aboutthe middle of April. But not all grasshopperspass the winter in the egg stage. A few specieshatch early in the autumn, and the young invarious sizes can, in certain localities, be seenjumping vigorously about even on any warmsunny day in midwinter. It is theseyoung winter grasshoppers and not thespring-hatched grasshoppers t
. St. Nicholas [serial]. o see grass-hoppers ? I enjoythe Nature and Sci-ence department verymuch. Your constant reader,Nanette Norris(age 9). Most species ofgrasshoppers passthe winter in theegg stage. The eggs are deposited in theground in autumn, and begin to hatch aboutthe middle of April. But not all grasshopperspass the winter in the egg stage. A few specieshatch early in the autumn, and the young invarious sizes can, in certain localities, be seenjumping vigorously about even on any warmsunny day in midwinter. It is theseyoung winter grasshoppers and not thespring-hatched grasshoppers that youfound. perforated wood. New Brunswick, N. St. Nicholas : We inclose a pieceof honeycombed wood that we found inthe garret. Will you tell us what made theholes in it? I hope you will publish a pictureof the wood if you think it interesting interested readers,Margaret and Allan Richardson. These holes were cut out smooth andround by the sharp jaws of some of themany species of wood-eating A PIECE OF PERFORATED WOOD. Nature and Science has received many speci-mens of wood-cutting by insects. Sometimes,as is probably the case in this specimen, theholes are cut by the full-grown insects forhomes, just as some animals burrow in theground. Many insects cut holes in wood onlyfor a hatching-place for the eggs. A ROCK RESEMBLING A SHEEPS HEAD. Waterford, N. St. Nicholas: I send a photograph of a rockthat we think shows a striking resemblance to a sheepshead. The rock is on the west bank of the Hudson aboutone mile above Waterford and a little more than onehundred and fifty miles from New York. The riverhere is very beautiful, but too shallow for often go rowing on it in a skiff. Yours very truly, Emily P. Burton.
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