. Elementary studies in insect life. Insects. 58 ELEMENTARY STUDIES IN INSECT LIFE through what we are wont to call mimicry. The defini- tion of this term, a word not in all respects expressing the intended meaning, can probably be best given in illustrations. We are all familiar with that old-fashioned brown butterfly to be seen lazily making its way over the meadows in the late summer days; and sometimes in the. Fio. 49. Caterpillar about to pupate, and chrys- alis of the monarch butterfly. Photographed from life. autumn great strings of them may be seen moving south- ward, or clusters of th
. Elementary studies in insect life. Insects. 58 ELEMENTARY STUDIES IN INSECT LIFE through what we are wont to call mimicry. The defini- tion of this term, a word not in all respects expressing the intended meaning, can probably be best given in illustrations. We are all familiar with that old-fashioned brown butterfly to be seen lazily making its way over the meadows in the late summer days; and sometimes in the. Fio. 49. Caterpillar about to pupate, and chrys- alis of the monarch butterfly. Photographed from life. autumn great strings of them may be seen moving south- ward, or clusters of them hanging to the branches of a tree in such numbers as1 to obscure the color of the leaves. This is the monarch r milkweed butterfly,1 to be found wherever the milkweed grows. From its careful, easy manner of flight in exposed places, this milkweed butterfly evidently takes little thought of predatory birds, and the reason is that in- sectivorous birds care nothing for it. If perchance a bird, a young inexperienced fledgling, pounces upon one of these milkweed butterflies, it soon lets go, be- lAnosia 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 Hunter, Samuel John, 1866-1946. Topeka, Kan. , Crane & company
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