MOTHS OF THE LIMBERLOST 



velop fully. So instead of doing a kindness I really would 

 work ruination. 



"Oh, I see!" cried the wondering girl, and her eyes 

 were large enough to have seen anything, while her brain 

 was racing. If you want to awaken a child and teach it 

 to think, give object lessons such as these, in natural 

 history and study with it, so that every miraculous point 

 is grasped when reached. We left the emerging moths 

 long enough to set up a camera outside, and focus on an 

 old tree. Then we hurried back, almost praying that the 

 second moth would be a male, and dry soon enough that 

 the two could be pictured together, before the first one 

 would be strong enough to fly. 



The following three hours were spent with them, and 

 every minute enjoyed to the fullest. The first to emerge 

 was dry, and pumping her wings to strengthen them 

 for flight; the second was in condition to pose, but a 

 disappointment, for it was another female. The third 

 was out, and by its smaller size, brighter markings and 

 broad antennae we knew it was a male. His "antlers" 

 were much wider than those of the first two, and where 

 their markings were pink, his were so vivid as to be al- 

 most red, and he was very furry. He had, in fact, almost 

 twice as much long hair as the others, so he undoubtedly 

 was a male, but he was not sufficiently advanced to pose 

 with the females, and I was in doubt as to the wisest 

 course to pursue. 



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