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NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [15:6— Nov., 1919 



Nymph of a damsel-fly 

 Outdoor Studies, Needham 



April 2ist — I caught two beetles and a fly of some kind. I also 



caught an aster blue and a 

 mourning cloak butterfly. Two 

 of my fairy shrimps died. 



April 2 2d — I went over to the 

 Cemetery Pond. I let the Dam- 

 sel fly nymphs, Back Swimmers, 

 and Beetles go. We, two other 

 boys and I, caught some dragon 

 fly nymphs, damsel fly nymphs, 

 snails, and beetles. I brought 

 the butterfly I caught on April 

 2ist over to Miss Mank's. We 

 caught some land beetles and a 

 moth. 



May 8th — Ronald W. caught a 

 moth that laid a few eggs in his 

 hand. Then he put the moth in 

 a jar and it laid over 30 eggs. 

 He gave the moth to me and it 



Miss Mank. I brought my laid a few more. I gave 10 to 



pollywog . to school. 



April 30 — My two toads laid a lot of eggs. 



WHAT I REMEMBER DOING BEFORE STARTING THESE NOTES 



I didn't do much except to 



take two of the boys out every 



once in a while until I noticed 



that they seemed interested 



in hunting insects. Then I 



began going out with them 



every day. One day their 



mother went to Boston and 



came back with an insect net, 



etc. We were out in the fields 



and 'pastures every day only 



coming home to our meals. 



For a time I thought they 



would lose interest unless they _,, ^ /r u 



"^ The same nymph seen from above 



went every once m a while but Outdoor studies. Needham 



