. Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither. Heres another Ant Lion, the beauty of the family ; you cansee his larva in the first picture, at the right. It is larger than theother, you see. This kind does not make a pit, and this is hisnatural size. 208 LITTLE FOLKS. THE HOUSE BUILDER. And a tremendous house it is, too. Look at it hanging downfrom that branch, with its owner half out of the door. It is builtof scraps of mud and leaves, bound together by silk threads. So fond is the Caterpillar of its house that it sometimes spendsthe whole of its life in it. It is very convenient
. Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither. Heres another Ant Lion, the beauty of the family ; you cansee his larva in the first picture, at the right. It is larger than theother, you see. This kind does not make a pit, and this is hisnatural size. 208 LITTLE FOLKS. THE HOUSE BUILDER. And a tremendous house it is, too. Look at it hanging downfrom that branch, with its owner half out of the door. It is builtof scraps of mud and leaves, bound together by silk threads. So fond is the Caterpillar of its house that it sometimes spendsthe whole of its life in it. It is very convenient, for it is so light it IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 2C9 is no burden to carry it, and he can shut himself in so snugly thathis enemies cant get him. When this creature stops feeding and prepares for its change,like all others, it shuts up the door of the house, goes far backinto its house, throws off its last Caterpillar skin, and stays theretill it is a perfect moth. Then, if it is a male, it creeps out and fliesoff, but if a female, it never leaves the house. In fact this poor creature is rather strangely treated, consider-ing how her Mother flies off. She has no wings, and mereapologies for legs. She looks like an ugly grub. There she staystill the day of her death. The other
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