SPRING. 
Nature is now beginning to assume her 
“ lovely livery of green/’ and insects, which 
began to hybernate in the mild days of Septem- 
ber and October, are often found alert in the 
colder temperature of March. Beetles will 
now be found in abundance in every possible 
situation in Earth, Air, and Water ; in dead 
animals, (moles, dogs, cats, &c.) in gravel 
and sand pits, under stones, clods, &c., in the 
bark, under the bark, and in the wood of dead 
or dying trees, in all kinds of plants and 
shrubs, in dung and rubbish, and in pits, caves, 
cellars, stables, and bakehouses. As many 
beetles, &c. are only to be met with abroad 
in the evening and night, particularly after 
warm showers, numbers may be found about 
gardens, paths, roads, sand and gravel pits, &c. 
by means of a Ian thorn. 
As the juicy groves put forth their buds,” 
various other insects will continually appear. 
Beating, and sweeping, may be commenced 
even in March ; and at the beginning of April, 
