INSECTS BENEFICIAL AND BEAUTIFUL 267 



Food of Caterpillar 



Broods per Season 



Violets, pansy, and aster 



Thistle, other Compositae 



Thistle, burdock, everlast- 

 ing 

 Hackberry 



(Not native) Passion flower 



Clover 



Pea family 



Clover and pea family 



Clover, cassia 

 Pea family, cassia 



Tulip tree, wild cherry, etc. 



Mustard, etc, (rarely cab- 

 bage) 

 Cabbage, mustard, etc. 

 Mustard family 



Mustard family (eats flow- 

 ers and seed pods) 



Pea family, and almost 

 everything 



Pea family 



Hackberry, elm, etc. 



Grasses 

 Grasses 



Grasses 



Grasses 



Grasses 



Number 



(?) 



2 



2 



3 



Month 



Haunts 



July, Aug. 

 Aug., Sept., May 

 July, Sept., May 



August 



May, July, Sept., 



April 2d 

 June, Aug., March 



May, June, Sept. 



July, Aug., April 

 August 



June, Aug. 



May, July, Aug. 



May, July, Aug. 

 May, July, Sept. 



May 



May, July 



May, Aug., Sept. 



June, July 



July 

 July 



June 



July 



August 



Low land 



High pastures 



High pastures, on 

 thistles 



Low fields 



Open fields 



Open fields 



About cultivated fields, 

 everywhere 



Open woods 



Waste land 



Gardens 

 Gardens 



Open woods 



Roadsides 



Roadsides 



Open woods 

 Meadows, in grass, or 



open woods 

 Hillsides 



Hillsides 



Hillsides 



