Rural School Leaflet. 



Occasionally ,you may come 

 across insects that very closely 

 resemble butterflies, yet have 

 some characters that are similar 

 to those of moths. They are 

 the skippers, so named because 

 of their peculiar skipping 

 method of flight. The antennae 

 have knobs, but these knobs are 

 drawn out and turned back in 

 the form of a hook. Fig. 17 S. 

 The body is rather stout. The 

 pupa is sometimes covered by a 

 thin cocoon. The wings are 

 held vertically or horizontally when at rest. 



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17. — Antennae or feelers 



Suggestions for Study 



Cocoons and chrysalids are very 

 hard to find because they seem a 

 part of the places to which they 

 are attached. 



You will probably find cocoons 

 of the Ce-cro-pi-a and Pro-me the-a 

 moths. The former, illustrated by 

 Figs. 13, 15 and 16, is commonly 

 found on fruit trees; the latter 

 swings loosely from a branch of ash, 

 wild cherry, or lilac. The Prome- 

 thea cocoon is spun in a leaf 

 which the caterpillar fastened to 

 the twig by means of silk before it 

 spun the cocoon. If you are re- 

 warded for your search by finding 

 some of these winter homes, leave 

 them in their natural winter 

 quarters until spring; if you take 

 them into the schoolroom, leave 

 them in a cool place and occasion- F--,;^.^^*' g-*^ tt 'Tfe^l^: 

 ally dip them in water that they ^, pupa; e, egg-ring recently laid; 



may not become too dry. Look at ^v .^""^'^'^ egg-ring: c, caterpillar 

 ^ / . Moths and caterpillars are natural size 



them carefully from time to time eggs and pupa are slightly enlarged 



