NATURE'S CALENDAR 



September 28 Toads. — Go into hibernation. 



j^attlesjtakes. — Bring forth six or seven 

 young. 



Copperheads. — Produce five to seven young. 



Garter or Ribbon Snakes. — Produce young. 



Water-snakes. — Produce young. 



Hognose and Green Grass Snakes. — Lay eggs 

 and the eggs hatch. 



FISHES 



Sand Flounders. — Becomes common. 

 Calico-bass. — Becomes prevalent . 

 Spot, or Lafayette. — Approaches the shore. 

 Swordfish. — Disappears. 

 Sheepshead. — Leaves the coast. 

 Sea-horses. — Spawn among the eel-grass. 

 Trout. — In finest condition for fishing in 

 northerly waters ; spawn in southerly waters. 



INSECTS 



Hornets, Wasps, andYello7v-jackets. — Queens 

 mature in the nests. 



Bumble-bees. — Queens mature in the nests. 



Mud- wasps and Digger - wasps. — Larvjc 

 become full grown ; many spin cocoons. 



Ichneumon- flies. — Many adults still found ; 

 earlier stages developing in connection with va- 

 rious hosts. 



Ladybird Beetles. — Adults abundant. 



Black-blister Beetles. — Adults abundant on 

 golden-rod. 



Syrphid -flies. — Larvae, pupae, and adults 

 found much as in August. 



Drone -flies. — Adults develop in numbers 

 from " rat-tailed " larvae in ponds. 



Monarch Butterfly. — Adults migrate South- 

 ward. 



