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The Life-History of a White Admiral Butterfly. Plate i 



( L imen it is sibyl I a) 



The young caterpillar sleeps through the winter in a hammock which 

 it constructs from a small leaf. To prevent this leaf falling to the ground 

 with its fellows, the larva attaches it securely to the stem of the plant 

 with many fine silken threads. 



