NATURE'S CALENDAR 115 



Wood- frog. — Retiring silently into the May 20 



woods, having completed its propagation. 



Bullfrog. — Spawns last fortnight. 



Copperheads. — Resorting to swamps and 

 meadows in search of food and mates. 



Hognose. — Laying eggs in southerly parts. 



M lid- turtle. — l.^ys eggs first fortnight. 



Soft-shelled Turtle, — Lays eggs middle of 

 the month. 



INSECTS 



Hornets, Brown IVasps, and Yelloiv- Jackets. 

 — Queens rearing young and enlarging nests. 



Bumble-bees. — Queens visiting many sorte 

 of flowers, getting nectar and pollen to feed 

 the young developing in the small combs of 

 the newly constructed nests. 



Mud-ivasps and Digger Wasps. — Some 

 species on the wing. 



Ants. — Workers busy in many ways, en- 

 larging or thatching the nest ; feeding young ; 

 foraging ; attending aphides, etc. 



Ichneumon -flies. — Some species searching 

 for caterpillars and other victims to insert their 

 eggs ; also sipping nectar of various flowers. 



Currant Worms. — Larvae, hatched from eggs 

 laid in April, are feeding on the leaves of cur- 

 rant and gooseberry bushes. 



I\Iay Beetles, or 'fnne Bugs'' — Adults ap- 

 pear flying to lights at night, feeding on leaves 

 of trees, and depositing eggs in grass-lands. 



Click Beetles. — Adults appear, visiting various 

 shallow blossoms to sip the nectar. 



Long-horned Beetles. — Some of the larvae 

 change to pupae within their burrows in trees 

 and logs. 



