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5. Can you see the prop-leg, or the hindmost leg of all? Of what use 

 to the caterpillar are these fleshy legs? 



6. Describe the woolly bear's head. How does it act when eating? 



7. Can you see a small, bright yellow spot on each side of the segment 

 just behind the head? What do you suppose this is? Can you see little 

 openings along each side of all the segments of the body, except the second 

 and third? What are they? Describe how the wooUy bear breathes. 



8. On what does the woolly bear feed? If you can find a little 

 woolly bear, give it fresh grass to eat and see how it grows. Why does it 

 shed its skin? 



9. When the wooUy bear is hurrying along, does it lift its head and 

 the front end of its body now and then? Why does it do this? Do you 

 think it can see far ? 



10. What does the wooUy bear do when you try to pick it up? Do 

 you find you can pick it up easily? Do you think that these stiS hairs 

 protect woolly bear from its enemies? What are its enemies? 



1 1 . Where should the woolly bear be kept in winter to make it com- 

 fortable? 



The Cocoon 



1. When does the woolly bear make its cocoon? 



2. Of what material is it made? How does the woolly bear get into 

 its cocoon? 



3 . What happens to it inside the cocoon ? 



4. Cut open a cocoon and describe how woolly bear looks now. 



The Moth 



1 . Where did the moth come from ? 



2 . How did it come out of the cocoon ? See if you can find the empty 

 pupa case in the cocoon. 



3. What is the color of the moth and how is it marked? Are the 

 front and hind wings the same color? 



4. What are the markings and colors of the body ? Of the legs ? 



5. What do you think that the Mother Isabella wiU do, if you give her 

 liberty? 



The mute insect, fix' t upon the plant 

 On whose soft leaves it hangs, and from whose cup 

 Drains imperceptibly its nourishment, 

 Endear'd my wanderings. 



— Wordsworth. 



Before your sight, 



Mounts on the breeze the butterfly, and soars, 

 Small creature as she is, from earth's bright flowers 

 Into the dewy clouds. 



— Wordsworth. 



