Hedgerow Life 
coat and goes on with a better appetite 
than ever. It does this several times in 
its caterpillar state; and then, when it 
can’t eat any more and has grown as 
much as it can, it changes into a chrysalis 
or pupa, and then finally into a moth or 
butterfly. The chrysalis does not feed 
at all; the perfect insect has no jaws to 
eat with as the caterpillar had, but 
instead is provided with a long tongue, 
or proboscis. It 1s, in fact, like the 
proboscis or trunk of an elephant—a 
long tube, through which it can suck 
up liquid. And this liquid food is 
obtained from flowers, each kind fre- 
quenting special flowers in preference 
to others. These creatures are, in 
reality, very good judges of botany, 
and very clever in distinguishing one 
plant from another, however much they 
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