. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers . •. THOSE PUZZLINGCOCOON CLUSTERS October 2Oth HEY may be found now almostany day in a short stroll throughxv , , the rowen fields. I have picked N^s^^^^^// over fifty clusters in one shortwalk across an October meadow. Theyf are generally attached in a circular clus- ter about a grass stem, thirty to fifty innumber, of the size shown in the illus-tration, and may be either white orpale sulphur yellow in color. To thecasual observer they appear like tiny ob-long eggs, but they are in truth firmlywoven silke
. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers . •. THOSE PUZZLINGCOCOON CLUSTERS October 2Oth HEY may be found now almostany day in a short stroll throughxv , , the rowen fields. I have picked N^s^^^^^// over fifty clusters in one shortwalk across an October meadow. Theyf are generally attached in a circular clus- ter about a grass stem, thirty to fifty innumber, of the size shown in the illus-tration, and may be either white orpale sulphur yellow in color. To thecasual observer they appear like tiny ob-long eggs, but they are in truth firmlywoven silken cocoons, and though wemay discover hundreds of them inthe grass, there are few observerswho would be likely to guesstheir origin, for it is a rare findto catch the spinner at its a discovery would indeedbe a surprise to most of us, aswill be seen.
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