196 Photography for the Sportsman Naturalist 



This is not a difficult thing to do, but it requires 

 almost constant care and one must give up prac- 

 tically his entire time to it if he would carry it 

 through successfully. The resulting pictures are 

 well worth the trouble and are of the utmost 

 interest from a naturalist's point of view. 



The larvae, or caterpillars, should be captured, 



Larva of Walnut Moth. 



of course, as young as possible, or, where practi- 

 cable, hatched from the egg. They should be 

 photographed several times during this stage, 

 showing their various conditions of growth, and 

 always on their food plant. The cocoons and 

 pupa can be studied and photographed at one's 

 leisure during the winter months, but from the 

 first of May these must be watched constantly for 

 the first sign of the coming forth of their inmates, 



