58 Bugs, Butterflies, and Beetles 



butterflies and moths. But when we speak of 

 moths, you must not imagine that they are all as 

 small as those tiny ones whose babies feed upon 

 our woollen clothes and furs when the latter are not 

 properly packed away for the smiimer. Some 

 moths are very large indeed and very beautiful; 

 both butterflies and moths have six legs (Fig. 45) 

 and four wings (Figs. 46Mi and 47) and a pair of 

 feelers or smellers (antennae) (Figs. 46-58). 



As you can see by the diagram, and as you 

 know by looking at the live insects, the wings of 

 the butterflies and moths are, as a rule, very broad 

 and are shingled vrith minute scales. The wing 

 itself is a thin paper-like skin which is stiiFened 

 by a framework of branching ribs or veins (Fig. 

 59). These veins may easily be seen when the 

 wings have been rubbed between one's fingers. 



The lepidoptera have small heads and a tongue 

 rolled up hke a watch spring under their face; 

 they can uncoil their tongues when they want to 

 insert them into flowers to reach the honey con- 

 cealed there. They use their long tongues in much 

 the same manner that you use a straw in a glass 

 of lemonade. 



It is not the butterflies and moths which do 



