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WILD NATURE'S WAYS. 



SIX SPOT 

 BURNET-MOTH 

 CATERPILLAR 

 AND COCOON. 



I have 

 on several 

 occasions, 

 whilst 



walking along primrose-decked 

 drives in woods, been struck 

 by the complete harmonisa- 

 tion of this butterfly with the 

 flowers when it happened to 

 alight upon them. 

 Moths, although as a rule creatures of the 

 night, are much easier to figure with a camera 

 than butterflies, because, when found by day, 

 they are generally quiescent, and may be easily 

 attracted to a given spot during the calm, warm 

 hours of summer darkness by what ento- 

 mologists call " sugaring," which consists of 



