Photographing Insects 205 



These delightful little fellows are among the best 

 examples of protective coloring in the insect 

 world. Their flight is very rapid and jerky, and 

 it needs a quick eye to follow them. When at 

 rest on the trunk or limb of some apple or other 

 tree their wings are folded tightly together, show- 

 ing only the under sides, the indefinite coloring and 

 marking of which so nearly matches that of the 

 bark upon which they are resting that, at the dis- 

 tance of a few feet, it is almost impossible to distin- 

 guish them from it. In the autumn they feed upon 

 the decayed fruit, and I have often seen as many 

 as half a dozen on one half-rotten apple. This is 

 the best time for the photographer to hunt them. 



Many butterflies are lovers of the woods and 

 seldom leave the deeper shaded places. Others 

 can only be found at the seashores and still others 

 in the higher mountains. In fact subjects can be 

 found in any locality. 



During June the butterflies increase in numbers 

 very rapidly, and he who follows them with the 

 camera will soon discover that he can occupy his 

 time in this chase to the exclusion of all else. 

 July and August are, however, the months in 

 which they are abroad in the utmost profusion. 

 Then they are everywhere, and one cannot go 

 amiss in looking for them. They float over the 

 meadows, swamps, and gardens, along the dusty 

 roadsides and cool, green woodland paths in an 



