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WAYS OF THE SIX-FOOTED 



Not for sentiment nor yet for digestion does the larva 

 perform this somewhat auto-cannibalistic feat ; but for 

 the very practical reason that the empty shell if left 



Fig. 21. Viceroy Caterpillar on Bare Midrib behind Decoy Bundle at A ; 

 B, Winter Home of Viceroy Caterpillar. 



would mayhap yield a clew to his enemies which they 

 might follow up to his undoing. Then the little cater- 

 pillar begins feeding across the end of his native leaf, 

 leaving the midrib untouched. Maybe the midrib is too 



