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slug-shaped, a half an inch long, dull rosy-red in color; it feeds 

 on sorrel. 



Dtf 



The American Copper 

 Expanse about an inch. Color of 

 front wings red with black spots 

 and borders ; hind wings coppery- 

 brown with broad orange-red 

 band on the outer margins. 



The Wanderer 

 Expanse a httle over an inch. Color 

 dark brown with large irregular 

 orange-yellow patch in the central 

 part of the fore wing and a similar 

 patch on the outer half of the hind 

 wing. 



THE BLUES 



The Spring Azure. — This bit of a blue butterfly com.es to us early 

 in the spring and seems like a promise of blue skies and sunshine. 

 Its caterpillar is two-fifths of an inch in length, slug-shaped, whitish 



Male Female 



The Spring Azure 

 Expanse about an inch. Color blue with purplish tinge; wings 

 bordered more or less with black. 



with dark brown head. It Hves on the flowers of dogwood, stimac, 

 spiraea and others. A remarkable thing about the caterpillar is 

 that it bears an organ on the back which exudes honeydew; ants 

 feed upon this and protect the caterpillar. 



THE SKIPPERS 



There is a family of insects usually included with the butterflies 

 called Skippers. These are usually small dark brown or dull yellow 

 and may be distinguished from the butterflies by the fact that the 

 antenna? are either hooked at the tips or bent at an angle. The 

 character which distinguishes butterflies from moths most readily 

 is that the butterflies always have antennae which are enlarged at or 

 toward the tips. Knobbed antenna: they are called; while the 

 antenna? of moths may be straight and simple or feather-like. The 



