STUDIES OF INSECTS 21 



Where to look for Various Insects 



Grasshoppers, locusts, katydids. Look along roadsides, 

 waste places, gardens, especially weedy ones, weedy lots, 

 and grassy meadows and pastures. 



Crickets. Under old boards, along the edges of board 

 or stone walks, along fences. 



Beetles. Same locations as for crickets, and also on 

 flowering plants, under loose bark of trees and stumps, in 

 rotten logs, etc. For water beetles drag edges of ponds 

 and streams. 



Dragon flies. Along water-courses, ponds, and swamps. 

 Drag ponds and ditches for larvae. 



Bees. On flowering plants, especially on large patches 

 of wild asters, golden-rods, and thistles. 



Wasps. Sandy stretches, — especially along the water, — 

 among flowering plants, under the eaves and roofs of out- 

 buildings. Nests may be found in these latter places. 



Butterflies and moths. In fields where there are many 

 flowering plants ; look carefully on the leaves of plants for 

 caterpillars, and for eggs. Also look very carefully on the 

 under side of leaves, on twigs, and on the bark of trees for 

 chrysalids of butterflies and cocoons of moths. 



Bugs. In same locations as for bees and grasshoppers 

 and water beetles. Also on fruit. 



Aphids. On the fresh growing tops of plants. 



Tree hoppers. On trees and shrubs. Hold your net on the 

 under side of branches and shake the branch vigorously. 



Flies. Around decaying substances, as garbage, fiuit, 

 etc. ; on flowering plants. 



Ants. Sandy waste places, decayed logs, along walks, 



often in kitchens. 



I^ote. — At night many kinds of insects fly around electric lights or 

 into open windows, attracted by the light and may easily be collected. 



