tuii.itfs that an- unable to get a-wing quickly enough that 

 furnish the natural food for striders. 



Ill .May the females de]30sit round, white eggs on grass- 

 stems; tliese hatch in about three weeks into tiny striders 

 whicli at once start their career of walking on the water. 

 There are no larval and )5upal changes as with most insects, 

 the baby striders siinplv growing from little ones to full- 

 size. 





H'f soiihiiiiu's lonii upon j buck deer in our woodljiid laiiihles 



