MARCH WINDS 



cocoon down in the corner of the box 

 with a chestnut leaf glued over him. No 

 wonder we rarely see either moth, cater- 

 pillar, or cocoon. The larva dwells in 

 the higher trees, rolls himself in leaves 

 in the autumn, and spends the winter on 

 the ground, usually covered out of sight 

 by the other leaves. Then the moth, wary 

 and swift, flies only by night. 



The Actias luna, the beautiful, long- 

 tailed, green luna moth, is, I think, better 

 known, for it has a way of flitting about 

 woodland glades in late June or July, be- 

 fore nightfall. But in the caterpillar or 

 the cocoon it is as hard to find as the 

 polyphemus, and for similar reasons. It, 

 too, feeds upon walnut and hickory, and 

 in the fall spins a papery cocoon among 

 the dried leaves on the ground. 



The luna moth is to me the highest 

 type of moth beauty, and it is worth a 

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