. The butterfly hunters. Lepidoptera -- New England Juvenile literature; Insects. THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. IQ " Does it live all Summer ?" asked Gilbert. " I remem- ber seeing some that looked just like it, hovering over father's late Clover last ;. Colias Philodice. i^No," replied Mr. Benedict, "this early brood v^ill all disappear, and about the first of August another brood will come out. The late brood is much more numerous than this early one. These butterflies will often fly in such quantities in fields where the late Clover is*in bloom, that you could
. The butterfly hunters. Lepidoptera -- New England Juvenile literature; Insects. THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. IQ " Does it live all Summer ?" asked Gilbert. " I remem- ber seeing some that looked just like it, hovering over father's late Clover last ;. Colias Philodice. i^No," replied Mr. Benedict, "this early brood v^ill all disappear, and about the first of August another brood will come out. The late brood is much more numerous than this early one. These butterflies will often fly in such quantities in fields where the late Clover is*in bloom, that you could not throw your net without catching three or four at one time. Now, boys," he continued, "there is a very large and beautiful butterfly which appears about the last of May, and when you are out hunting specimens for next week's lesson, I want you to look for it. It is of a beautiful lemon yellow, ornamented with black stripes. This butterfly is as large as any we have, You must look for it in warm and sunny places. Very few butterflies live in the woods, and those that do, such as the Hipparchians, come much later in the season. At this time of the year. 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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