The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-11-26

iocusts. These locusts on the upper
row have wing-cases Of a dusty color,
/ caught them one noon in the middle
of North street. When they were rest
ing / could not tell the difference be-
tween them and the road, but as soon
as they spread their wings | could see
and catch them" 50
"Here's one all yellow"
''Yes; that one found in marsh
down at Ocean Park, where all the
weeds and the soil were of a yellowish
hue. Just look at the difference be-
tween this and the first one. This one
has white wings, with black line
across them; the body is white, and the
wing-cases look as If sand had been
sprinkled over them. These came from
the beach between Old Orchard and
Ocean Park. II their wings were folded
it would be very difficult to distinguish
them from the dry white sand. |
watched long time one day to see if l
could find any on the sand, and fire.
quently was astonished to have one
fly up in my face when / had just looked
carefully over the place where it had
been lying.
"Here is a Turner's butterfly. II
some time in spring you should see one
Of these on the ground and not know
what it was, you would be likely TO say,
as | did the time saw one: 'Oh, what
a pretty leaf with black lines on it,
and you would be very much astonished,
as | was, to see it fly away.
"This Philodice butterfly is so yellow
that if you were to see it on a dande-
lion you would be puzzled to know
where the dandelion left off and the
butterfly began, or vice versa. II q
Vanessa Antiope butterfly was on an
apple tree q have noticed they prefer
russet apple trees), with its wings
closed, l could not tell which was the
bark or which the under side of the
butterfly, were it not for slow, way
ing motion of the wings, as if it were
tanning itself.
"One day, when 1 was hurrying up
North street, | saw, as | thought, a
brown leaf drop down at my side from
one of the trees. What u pretty leaf;
oh!' and, running after a very pretty
butterfly, waited till it settled, put my
hat oyer, and so caught it. Look at it
under side, boys, and you will see il
might easily be mistaken for leaf.
"These purplish, clear-winged, day.
| flying humming-bird moths feed on the
big thistle heads, and it requires seeing
eyes to discover them.
"Beetles have this mimetic power tC
a great extent, but / have only few ia
show you. This one looks like little
ball of dirt. Sometimes this kind Of
beetle is mistaken for ball of dirt, and
sometimes the dirt for the beetle.
81 wonder if, when You have beer
eating blackbcrries, you have suddenly
noted sharp, disagreeable taste in
your moutb?"
81 have" said John, land mighty
disagreeable taste it was, too"
80 have l" said Lincoln.
"Well, perhaps you know, then
that you have eaten a blueberry bug
This is about the size, shape and coloI
of green blueberry, and II you wer'
eating your berries in the pasture, moth
ing would be more likely than that yol
should eat some bugs, too.
| 81 have only one more example o
mimetic beetles here, and this is tn
painted clytus, which lives on tn
golden-rod. 1t is marked with greer
and yellow, thus mimicking the color o
the flower
Perhaps you are wondering why in
sects have this power9 think that thu
Creator gave it to them so they nigh
escape from enemies that were no
bright enough to see through it. "
Helen Montgomery, in Christian Union