INSECTS AND OTHER SMALL DEER. 



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of a common white butterfly in my garden, by 

 focussing some favourite flower and then waiting, 

 but there is a tantalising perverseness about the 

 creatures which prevents them from visiting any 

 flower upon which 

 the recording eye 

 of a camera is 

 fixed. 



As the vivacity 

 of most insects is 

 measurable by the 

 prevailing tempe- 

 rature, we tried 

 again one day in 

 the early part of 

 summer when the 

 thermometer was 

 low and inter- 

 mittent bursts of 

 sunshine cheated 

 a few butterflies 

 forth, and we suc- 

 ceeded in making 



the photograph reproduced on this page whilst the 

 creature rested on a turnip leaf. 



One great point which must be observed in 

 photographing insects is to make quite sure that 

 they are perfectly still, and that the object upon 

 which they are resting is not being swayed to and 

 fro by the wind. 



WHITE BUTTERFLY. 



