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Bugs, Butterflies, and Beetles 



different, which you may see by comparing the 

 two sketches. Like the donkeys, the caterpillars 

 of these butterflies all seem to love nettles; this is 

 true also of the American Tortoise Shell. There 

 are two Tortoise Shell butterflies, the Compton 

 Tortoise and the American Tortoise. 



THE BROWNIES 



These butterflies have the eye-spots or the 

 " thumb mark of the Maker " as their favorite 

 decoration; they are sometimes called the meadow- 

 browns, because 

 they frequent the 

 meadows. 



The Blue-eyed 

 Brownie (Fig. 163) 

 may be found about 

 the first of July to 

 the middle of 

 September in the 

 orchards and woods. The dark-green striped and 

 pale-green body of the caterpillar changes to the 

 chrysalis form with a notched head ; the front wings 

 of the butterfly have a wide yellow band near the 

 outside edge and extending to the middle of the 

 wing or further. At the top and bottom of this 



