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BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



their correct shape, and the wavy lines of the back to 

 show the correct number of joints in its body. Draw 

 its legs, and then the spines or hairs if it has any. 



Composition. — Write a description of the caterpil- 

 lar that you observed. In the first paragraph write 

 about its body, in the second paragraph about its legs, 

 in the third about its jaws. 



Nest of Web Worms 



SUPPLEMENTARY WORK 



What Caterpillars are. — Caterpillars are the larvas of butter- 

 flies or of moths. They are hatched from eggs which are laid 

 by the winged insects. They eat leaves and young plants. 



