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NATURE’S CRAFTSMEN 
veins broadly black, having two rows of white 
spots on the margins. And who knows how far 
he may wander! The Monarch is one of the 
strongest flyers in the whole Lepidoptera clan— 
which means the race of butterflies and moths, 
you know. Specimens have been taken on ves¬ 
sels hundreds of miles from land. These butter¬ 
flies live over the winter, but they do not hiber¬ 
nate, they migrate like the birds. 
“ Great flights of Monarchs are observed every 
spring, ranging from the Gulf States to Canada. 
The butterflies pause in passing to feed and to 
lay their eggs upon the young milkweed leaves. 
Such funny eggs, too! They look like tiny lumps 
of green loaf sugar. In the fall there is a return 
flight southward, and the butterflies eventually 
hide themselves away beneath the bark of trees 
and in sheltered places for a brief sleep. The 
encyclopedia says that often these butterflies 
light on the lee side of a tree in such numbers as 
to hide the foliage and give to the leaves a tint as 
of autumn coloring. This butterfly is provided 
with a scent pouch, and when enemies approach 
he fills their noses with an ill-smelling gas.” 
“My word!” murmured Alice, admiringly. 
“And here some of us have been thinking that 
fighting with gas was an invention of the World 
War! ” 
“ I hox>e to make a real collection of butterfly 
