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Bugs, Butterflies, and Beetles 



the approaching pedestrian, and wait for him to 

 overtake them, when they scuttle along and again 

 take to their wings. 



These beetles always attract attention because 

 they are beautifully and strikingly decorated with 

 metallic colors. They have large heads and large 

 eyes and toothed jaws and they seize and feast 

 upon the unfortunate insects which cross their path. 





YiyQn the baby Tiger beetles (Fig. 193) are 

 meat eaters and furnished with strong jaws like 

 their mothers and fathers. But the babies are 

 trappers, not hunters ; they lay in " watchful wait- 

 ing " for their prey, dig holes in the ground (Fig. 

 194) creep into them and use their head for a trap- 

 door (Fig. 195) to cover the hole; the head being 

 the color of the ground, it is not noticed by the 



