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that they will not attack that grows in 
the field or garden — hence the intense 
dislike that is felt towards them by the 
gardener or farmer. Yet how strange it 
seems that so many do not even to-day 
know anything of the connection between 
the “ leather jacket ” and “ the daddy- 
long-legs.” These grubs, which during 
the winter confined their attention to the 
roots, work their way upwards in the 
spring, and begin upon the stems and 
surface vegetation, and in the course of 
the summer increase in size, till they 
attain a length of from an inch to an 
inch and a half. 
Towards the end of the summer it attains 
its pupal or chrysalis state. The pupae 
are provided with spines directed back- 
wards, by which they can raise themselves 
above ground level, and the insect in this 
chrysalis form may often be seen sticking 
half-way out of the ground. The case 
in which the insect is enclosed splits 
in due time, and out of it comes Mr. Daddy- 
Long-Legs, equipped with long legs and 
long wings, ready to fly about and enjoy 
himself, and to prepare to enact this 
