. Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither. t of sight in some safeplace, this little fellow digs a hole in the ground and buries himselfthere. After two or three weeks, he crawls out, a perfect DevilsCoach Horse, like its parents, and is ready at once to start on itsnew life. Disagreeable as the creature is in appearance, it is really usefulto the gardener, for it cares not for vegetable food, but kills andeats hundreds of the insects which do eat up the fruit and crops ofthe garden. Here is another Beetle that I want to tell you about. Fine interesting creature is a Stylops ;
. Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither. t of sight in some safeplace, this little fellow digs a hole in the ground and buries himselfthere. After two or three weeks, he crawls out, a perfect DevilsCoach Horse, like its parents, and is ready at once to start on itsnew life. Disagreeable as the creature is in appearance, it is really usefulto the gardener, for it cares not for vegetable food, but kills andeats hundreds of the insects which do eat up the fruit and crops ofthe garden. Here is another Beetle that I want to tell you about. Fine interesting creature is a Stylops ; did you ever hear of it ?I dont think you ever did, for the whole creature, big as he looksin the picture, is really not much larger than a small letter i onthis page, and the branch which it is crawling upon, is one of thehairs of a bee. You have to thank the microscope for making itlarge enough for you to see. The whole family live on the body of an unfortunate bee. Themother of the family—that bottle-shaped object on the left of the 212 LITTLE FOLKS. 0
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