. The butterfly hunters. Lepidoptera -- New England Juvenile literature; Insects. THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. 107 because, as they are easily described as a class, it would be useless and indeed almost impossible to describe each variety. I shall mention a few of the kinds most common in this vicinity. There are two kinds of butterflies, the True butterfly, which when lighted always holds its wings erect, and the Skipper, that only erects the fore wings when at rest. These Skippers are very small insects, but their body is very robust, and they fly with great rapidity and strength, not moving in gr
. The butterfly hunters. Lepidoptera -- New England Juvenile literature; Insects. THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. 107 because, as they are easily described as a class, it would be useless and indeed almost impossible to describe each variety. I shall mention a few of the kinds most common in this vicinity. There are two kinds of butterflies, the True butterfly, which when lighted always holds its wings erect, and the Skipper, that only erects the fore wings when at rest. These Skippers are very small insects, but their body is very robust, and they fly with great rapidity and strength, not moving in graceful, wavy lines as the True butterflies do, but skipping about with a sudden, jerking motion. Their flight is very short and almost always near the ground. Their prevailing color is dusky brown, with pale, whitish-yellow or transparent spots. The antennae of the Skipper are hooked at the end, which is never the case with the True butterfly. One of our largest and most beautiful Skippers is the. Eudamus Tityrus. Eudamus Tityrus. It expands over two inches. The wings are dark, velvety brown. The fore pair are crossed by an. 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 Conant, Helen Peters Stevens, 1839-1899. Boston, Ticknor and Fields
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