INSECT INTRUDERS. 



such an extent that it contains numerous 

 little holes and crevices. 



Unlike the mantis the Stick and Leaf 

 Insects do not often visit the abodes of 

 man. It is on our jungle forays that we 

 shall find them in their haunts if we keep 

 our eyes open. During the silent wait 

 for a beat whilst we have nothing to do 

 but, watch and examine the forest or tall 

 grass around us, our eye is suddenly 

 attracted by an apparently moving piece 

 of stick or length of yellow grass stalk. 



We watch. All is still. And yet we 

 are prepared to swear there was a 

 movement of some kind. We watch and 

 wait and look and wait, and at last there 

 is another movement. We gently stir 

 up the grass or jungle with our rifle 

 muzzle, for we are interested. A sudden 

 short rush never very far rewards us. 

 The insect in its fright detaches itself 

 from the jungle to which it is clinging, 

 and there we see a piece of stick or straw 

 on the move ! 



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