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Bugs, Butterflies, and Beetles 



may see from the illustration, and the bug can 

 work them up and down and thus saw holes in 

 the green twigs wherein to safely liide her precious 

 eggs. Fig. 270 is a section of the saw cut cross- 

 wise, made after a drawing by 

 Grant Allen, showing how 

 neatly the parts fit together. Fig. 

 271 shows the twig with the eggs 

 in it. 



The eggs of the seventeen-year 

 locust hatch and the baby locust 

 drops or jumps to the ground, and 

 then with its powerful claws, digs 

 until he finds a root, where he stays, 

 sucking the juices of the roots of 

 the trees, for seventeen long years, 

 then he comes out in the sunshine 

 to sing a while, mate and die. 



Some time when you are 

 afield, you may be lucky enough 

 to see the big wasp or hornet that feeds its 

 young with the Cicada, which it captures and 

 paralyzes with its sting, then lays its eggs upon 

 it and buries it. This is much better than cold 

 storage. The young are in no danger of ptomaine 



