72 Lessons in Nature Study. 



They were just the same color as the hay, and looked like 

 it. They could only be seen when they began to move. 



Suggestions. Draw the walking-stick. 



Write a careful description of it. 



Write all you have learned of its life-history. 



Compare it with the grasshopper and the katydid. Draw 

 a contrast. 



Compare and contrast the walking-stick with the butter- 

 fly, beetle, and dragon-fly. 



Write an imaginary conversation between a walking stick 

 and a grasshopper. 



Write a story of a walking-stick who escaped from its 

 enemies because of its ability to hide. 



Questions. If you were going to give a walking-stick 

 one pair of wings, where ought they to be fastened on ? 



Where if you gave two pairs ? Did you ever see an in- 

 sect with wings on the first section of the thorax (pro- 

 thorax) ? What other wingless insects have you seen ? 

 Where were they ? Why does nature give some insects 

 wings and others none ? If he had wings, what kind would 

 they be? Yes, they would be straight like those of his 

 cousins, the grasshopper and katydid. Make a list of 

 winged and wingless insects you have seen. 



A Child's Story. 



A pretty green walking-stick lived in a bush. He was very lean 

 and long, and he looked very hungry. He was not hungry, 

 for he had plenty to eat, but he could not get fat. When he 

 heard the birds coming, he just put his feet together and 

 stood still. The birds could not see him, because he was green 

 and looked just like a little stem. JENNIE CARSON. 



Measurements. The walking-stick is four inches long. 

 His legs are two inches long. All of his legs are twelve 

 inches long. If his legs were placed end to end, they would 

 reach a foot long. His body is twice as long as one leg. 

 The feelers are three inches long. There are nine joints in 

 the abdomen, and three in the thorax. If I add one for 

 the head, there will be thirteen joints in his whole body. 



