INSECTS. 



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early life to supply sufficient strength for the very 

 short adult period. Living for so short a period, 

 it has no time for eating. A few hours are spent 

 flitting in the bright sunshine, the eggs are laid in 

 the water, and its round of life is complete. 



INSECT FOOD AND GROWTH. 



Insects feed upon both animal and vegetable 

 matter. Grubs of beetles eat decayed vegetable 

 matter, such as rotten wood; maggots of flies eat 



CECROPIA MOTH. 



decayed flesh; caterpillars eat leaves; plant lice and 

 squash bugs suck the juices from plants; dragon 

 flies catch and eat other insects; and many kinds 



