Insect Lives
Insect Lives
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57 VII.
CRUMPLE-WING.
FIG. 29.
CRUMPLE-WING came out of his winter's sleep in March. He went in in September. He was a salt-marsh caterpillar FIG. 30.
(the Arctia acrea). But he seemed very much at home in an inland garden. He was on the croquet ground, plodding his 58 INSECT LIVES.
way among rolling balls and quick footsteps, when he was made a prisoner.
He lived on grass, plantain and other leaves, until he wove his yellowish -brown hairy cocoon under his glass tumbler.
I do n't know why he c...ame out of his long rest with a crumpled wing. I think he had plenty of room under his glass, and no one touched him before he was perfectly free and walking about in his queer one-sided manner. When a Danais butterfly, on coining out of his chrysalis last summer, exhibited a marred and crumpled wing, I knew it was be- cause he had been confined in too small a space for his wings to expand fully ; and the form of the pupa itself had been compressed by the position in which it was formed, so as to resemble in shape half an acorn-cup rather than a whole acorn, which it looks a good deal like when perfect.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
57 VII.
CRUMPLE-WING.
FIG. 29.
CRUMPLE-WING came out of his winter's sleep in March. He went in in September. He was a salt-marsh caterpillar FIG. 30.
(the Arctia acrea). But he seemed very much at home in an inland garden. He was on the croquet ground, plodding his 58 INSECT LIVES.
way among rolling balls and quick footsteps, when he was made a prisoner.
He lived on grass, plantain and other leaves, until he wove his yellowish -brown hairy cocoon under his glass tumbler.
I do n't know why he c...ame out of his long rest with a crumpled wing. I think he had plenty of room under his glass, and no one touched him before he was perfectly free and walking about in his queer one-sided manner. When a Danais butterfly, on coining out of his chrysalis last summer, exhibited a marred and crumpled wing, I knew it was be- cause he had been confined in too small a space for his wings to expand fully ; and the form of the pupa itself had been compressed by the position in which it was formed, so as to resemble in shape half an acorn-cup rather than a whole acorn, which it looks a good deal like when perfect.
What to read after Insect Lives?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Julia Perkins Pratt Ballard to read onlineMoreLess
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