40 STORIES OF INSECT LIFE. 



tips of the pointed leaves, generally on the upper surface, 

 and usually only one egg on a leaf. 



A week later the eggs hatch into tiny caterpillars, that first 

 eat up the eggshells from which they have emerged. Then 

 they feed upon the green surface of the leaves. As they grow 

 older they devour all but the midribs of the leaves attacked. 



During their caterpillar growth these insects moult four or 

 five times, eating the cast-off skin each time. Early in July 

 they change to chrysalids, and a little later come forth as 

 butterflies. 



You can easily rear any of these caterpillars that you may 

 find, by placing them in a glass-covered box, having a little 

 moist earth in the bottom. Feed them every day with fresh 

 willow leaves dipped in water. 



