INSECTS AND THEIR KIN 



Feeding On L'^av Plants, Volume i6, 

 Ntjmber 2 



May beetle. 13- 1. 16-2; 

 potato beetle, 13-1. 

 16-2; click beetle, 



■ 16-2; monarch butter- 

 fly, 13-1. 16-2; army 

 worm, cabbage butter- 

 fly, 1 3-1; grasshopper, 

 13-1, 16-2; katydid, 

 cricket, 13-1. if'-2 



Emphasize adult stage 

 and a conspicuous im- 

 mature stage; kinds of 

 plantF on which found; 

 locomotion 



Decide whether form is 

 like tent caterpillar or 

 plant louse in life his 

 tory; calls if any and 

 how made; manner of 

 eating food and of win 

 tering; enemies; rear 

 one form 



Squashbug, 13-1, 16-2; 

 stinkbug, 16-2 ; leaf- 

 hoppe T6-2; spittle 

 insecis, t6-2 



Emphaci/^e adult stages 

 kind of plants on 

 which found and na- 

 ture of injur>' if any 

 means of locomotion 



FEEniNG On Or Beneath The Ground, Vol- 

 ume 16. Number 2 



Cutworms, 16-2; root 

 aphids; white grubs. 

 16-2 



Earthworms; slugs; land- 

 snails; pill bugs 



Lay no great emphasis 

 on this gioup in these 

 grades; cutworms and 

 white grubs may be 

 recognized: note habit 

 of living underground 



Decide whac cutworms or 

 white grubs or other 

 underground insects 

 develop into: choice of 

 food; method of eating 

 nature of injury; meth- 

 od of locomotion 



As many stages as possi- 

 ble, include additional 

 examples; enemies; 

 means of breathing and 

 method of ea'ing 



M ethod of prote c t i n g 

 self; food at different 

 stages; is food and the 

 method of getting it 

 always the same? De- 

 cide upon weakest 

 stage in life history; 

 control 



Estimate damage done 

 in local region; find out 

 means of control and 

 if necessary practice it 

 in conn ection with 

 garden or crop projects 



Weak stages in life his 

 tory; decide value of 

 each form, if it has 

 any; poison or film for 

 control 



Lay no great emphasis 

 on this group in early 

 grades; if found, merely 

 notice any peculiar 

 actions they may make 



Complete the life cycie 

 and study relation to 

 other insects as rela- 

 tion between ants and 

 aphids; determine most 

 helpless time in life 

 history 



Note method of locomo- 

 tion; injuries caused to 

 plants if any; note 

 mounds thrown up by 

 earthworms and point 

 out advantage to plant 



Estimate local daniage 

 and prevent multipli- 

 cation of forms on 

 crops and gardens 

 under school's influ- 

 ence; garden and food 

 projects 



Practice means of con- 

 trolling these insects 

 which may be injaring 

 gardens and crops car- 

 ried on as projects 



Compare method of loco- 

 motion in earthworm, 

 snail, and pill bug; life 

 history of one; relation 

 between weather and 

 abundance ; enemies 

 and protection 



Practice ccnitrol methods 

 with gardens and crops 

 if necessary 



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