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birds. Xevertheless there is no accounting for 

 tastes, and we must own that the baby Luna mil- 

 ler, lunawurst, does not look appetizing to every 

 one. It is even doubtful if the most enthusiastic 

 of naturalists would be tempted to eat one, 

 although many will eat leberwurst, which looks no 

 better (Fig. 71). 



When the Luna miller spins its cocoon, it either 

 draws a few leaves together on a tree, then makes 



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its thin cocoon between the leaves, or it creeps 

 down the trunk of the tree and wanders oft* among 

 the leaves on the ground, and there spins its cocoon. 

 At any rate, after the leaves have fallen in the 

 autumn, the cocoons may be often found by rak- 

 ing up the leaves under the tree. 



There is something queer about the Luna's 

 cocoon. It is noisy ! It sounds funny to say that a 

 cocoon is noisy, but apparently the pupa or chrys- 



