14 HOUSE FLY 



Composition. - - Write a description of what you 

 have observed about a house fly. In writing this 

 description follow this outline of topics, making each 

 topic a separate paragraph. Write all you wish to 

 say about each topic in its own paragraph. 



The House Fly : - 



Head Wings 



Body Legs 



SUPPLEMENTARY WORK 



A Fly's Eating. Watch a house fly as it eats. What is the 

 shape of the lower end of the tube that it touches to its 



food? Where is the 

 tube carried when 

 the fly is not eat- 

 ing? The mouth 

 parts of a house fly 

 are not made for bit- 

 ing or to be thrust 

 into the skin, but 

 for sucking up bits 

 from the outside 

 parts of soft food. 

 A Fly's Cleanli- 

 ness. Watch a 

 .house fly and notice 

 'now it often passes 



its fore legs over its 

 HOUSE FLY (Magnified) he ^ ^ & 



her face. Notice also that it rubs it# wings with its hind legs, 

 and that it rubs its legs together as if it were washing them. 

 Dust a fly with a little flour and see it clean itself. If you 



