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(2) Adaptations. What special adaptations to environ- 



ment do you find? 



(a) Are some kinds of insects harder to find than others? 



Why? 



(b) Are some harder to capture than others? Why? 



(3) Food. 



(a) Notice carefully upon what plant, and what part 



of the plant, each kind of insect is feeding when 

 found. 



(b) Notice whether there are any holes in the leaves or 



stem of the plant, or how the plant has been 

 affected by the insect. 



(4) Effects upon Vegetation. 



(a) If there are any holes in the plant, how were they 



made? 



(b) In what stage of the development of the insect was 



the damage done? 



(c) How would you get rid of these insects, if injuri- 



ous?^ 



(d) Did you find any beneficial insects? If so, what were 



they, and how are they beneficial? 



(5) Enemies. 



(a) Did you observe any enemies of any insect? If so, 



what? Why is it an enemy? 



(b) How does the insect escape or combat these enemies? 



(6) What examples of insect architecture or industry did 



you find? 



(7) Relationships. 



(a) Did you see, on your trip, any case of symbiosus 



among insects, or among insects and plants? If 

 so, explain. 



(b) Did you observe any social life among insects? If 



so, describe. 



(8) Description of the Trip. 



After reaching home, write in ink a brief description 

 of this trip, covering the points mentioned, and 

 hand to the teacher. 



^See "Insecticides," Jackson and Daugherty's " Agriculture Through 

 the Laboratory and School Garden." 



