. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. THE MONARCH Many people driving over a country road or walking through fields have noticed the larva of this Monarch butterfly feeding upon the milkweed, but I must own, to my shame, that never before had I been conscious of the caterpillars. A day came when the clear, clean color of the larva hatched from the first egg found in the orchard grew faded. Having had little experience with insects at the time, I questioned, " Will it die ?
. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. THE MONARCH Many people driving over a country road or walking through fields have noticed the larva of this Monarch butterfly feeding upon the milkweed, but I must own, to my shame, that never before had I been conscious of the caterpillars. A day came when the clear, clean color of the larva hatched from the first egg found in the orchard grew faded. Having had little experience with insects at the time, I questioned, " Will it die ?" It did not; instead, it prepared for and passed into the pupa form. On July seventeenth a gold-dotted chrysa- lis of an exquisite robin's-egg blue hung suspended where the cat'i*rpillar had been. In this daintiest of all chrysalides the insect rested for. Utoletraph it Sitfthr The larva of the Monarch butterfly feeding upon milkweed 187. 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 Robertson-Miller, Ellen, 1859-1937. Toronto : McClelland & Goodchild
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