THE WORMS ON THE CABBAGE LEAVES. 13 



If you remove the cabbage leaf to which the egg is attached, 

 and place it in a covered tumbler, or a box with a piece of 

 glass laid over the top, you will be able by careful attention 

 to learn many interesting things about the life-history of the 

 insect. 



A few days after the egg is laid it will be likely to hatch 

 into a tiny, green, worm-like caterpillar, that will nibble at a 



FlO. 14. —White Cabbage IJutterHy. Female. 



fresh piece of cabbage leaf which you should furnish. It 

 will continue to eat in this way, from day to day, for about 

 a week. Then if you watch it closely you may be able to see 

 it undergo the curious process of shedding its skin, called 

 moulting. This is the way in which caterpillars provide for 

 their increase in size. 



