NATURE'S CALENDAR 



October 30 Kinglets. — Arrive from the North irregularly. 



Wood Thrush. — Departs South last fort- 

 night; other thrushes earlier. 



REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS 

 Going into winter-quarters ; Pickering's tree- 

 toad still noisy. 



FISHES 



Trout and other Salmonoids. — Spawning. 



INSECTS 



Brown Wasps. — Queens seek shelter in 

 houses, logs, stumps, and other places for the 

 period of hibernation ; other forms die. 



Hornets and Yellozu- Jackets. — Queens find 

 shelter in old nests or in other situations ; 

 drones and workers die. 



Btivible - bees. — Drones and workers die ; 

 queens seek shelter in the nest or similar places 

 on the ground. 



Ants. — Species living in earthen nests retire 

 to lower parts of the nest ; others inactive. 



Mttd-ioasps and Digger Wasps. — The few 

 remaining adults die, leaving only immature 

 forms in the cells to live through the winter. 



Ichneiwion-Jlies. — A few adults go into hiber- 

 nating quarters ; many species winter over in 

 the immature condition. 



Ground Beetles. — Seek shelter under logs. 



Ladybird Beetles. — Adults seek shelter in 

 leaves about the bases of trees and in similar 

 situations; many hundreds or even thousands 

 of the same species will often congregate in 

 such a place. 



Black Blister - Beetles. — Adults die, leaving 

 larva3 in the soil to live through the winter. 



