LITTLE CARPENTERS WITH WINGS. 



I WONDER if you know that the smallest insects you see about 

 you have tools given to them to do their work with? There is a 

 little fly called a saw-fly, because it has a saw to work 

 with. It is really a very much nicer saw than you could 

 make, if you were ever 

 so old. 



to 



The fly u«es it 

 place where the 

 be safe, 

 strange, it 





m a k e a 

 eggs will 

 What is more 

 has a sort of home- 

 made glue, which fas- 

 tens them where they 

 are laid. 



Some insects have 

 cutting instruments, 

 that work just as your 

 scissors do. The 

 poppy-bee is one 

 of them, whose 

 work is wonder- 

 ful. This bee 

 has a 



boring 



tool, too. Its 

 nest is usually made in old wood. This borer 

 cleans out the nest ready for use. When all is ready the insect 

 cuts out pieces of leaves to line- the nest and to make the cells. 

 These linings are cut in the shape of the cells. You would be sur- 

 prised to see the care taken to have every piece of just the right 

 size, so that it will fit. When they are fitted, the pieces are nicely 

 fastened together and put into the nest. 



