THE WORMS ON THE CABBAGE LEAVES. 



Every boy has seen the pretty white butterflies represented 

 in Figs. 13 and 14, flying about in spring and summer. Now 

 one will stop to suck the nectar from a clover blossom, while 

 another sips the sweets from a buttercup. Again you will see 

 them in the garden, lighting here and there upon the young 



Fig. 13. — White Cabbage Butterfly. Male. 



cabbage plants, apparently resting a moment and then flying 



away. 



If you pick off a leaf upon which such a butterfly has rested, 



you will be likely to find a tiny whitish object of a somewhat 



conical shape firmly fastened to the surface. This is the egg 



of the butterfly. 



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