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10. If you can get a moth compare it with the but- 

 terfly as follows: 



(a) Difference in the feelers (antennae). 



(b) Manner of folding the wings when at rest. 



(c) Time of flying, day or night, 

 .(d) Comparative size of bodies. 



NOTE. Butterflies and moths belong to this order 

 of insects. 



LESSON VII 



3. THE FLY 



1. Make a drawing of the common house-fly. 



2. Write a sentence on each of the following points, 

 based upon your own observation of a live fly: 



(a) The rapidity of the wing motion. 



(b) Its manner of eating. 



(c) Its favorite haunts. 



3. How many wings has the fly? Look under 

 the wings and try to find the little white knobs, called 

 the balancers. 



4. Note how rough and hairy the legs and feet of 

 the fly are. Would they hold filth and dirt so that 

 it could be carried? 



5. How does the abdomen of the fly compare with 

 other insects we have studied? Count the segments of 

 the abdomen. 



6. The life history of the fly family may be studied 



