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at our command, until some butterfly, bee, or 

 other insect that we may wish to photograph con- 

 descends to choose that particular flower-head 

 upon which to alight, when the exposure can be 

 made and we have our picture, provided nothing 

 has gone wrong. If the long rubber tubing is 

 used, we may retire to the shade of some near- 

 by tree and wait in greater comfort. This will 

 sometimes insure _ 



quicker results, 

 too, for a butterfly 

 will often pass by 

 a flower it might 

 otherwise have 

 visited, if it sees 

 a human being 

 standing near it. 

 It is sometimes 

 well to have a 

 piece of white 

 cloth or paper 

 back of the flower 

 to shut out what 

 would otherwise 

 be a disagreeably 



out-of-focus background ; but this should be at 

 least two feet back of the flower so as not to show 

 in the picture as being what it is, and we should 

 choose when possible a flower that will not make 



Black Swallow-tails. 

 Male and female. 



