Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-04
M|MleRy OF THE /
ODD DISCUSSES SOME i.
ADOPT FOR SELF nr,'.
""''erHies That Look IN, ,
Moths rh"t Mimic Wood 1,
and Insects Tint caa. II,
Dead Twigs.

In wandering through an. =.
esque canyons Of tbs Sierrs M. /
tains one day l noticed WI
through the air with q pocplI,,
green leaf. 1t ziRzaraed r., 4
side and finally landed IA / n.
hand. Wondering merely vi, N
would fall from a spruce X, h
have passed on had not nv dor
presoience, stopped and ups \.
telling me, after his fashion, MI
l did and found this erecnoSs.. l
come scurrying down was m J
all, but a great green katydn M.
like wings, protected by co,ls n
SO exact in their imitation q, ~
in general that any oro vosa NJ
deceived. r Il
The insect was a natural -!
even its flight downward mr. h
was n protective one, calenlst.1
any feathered enemy that ~,
been in the vicinity. ThlspIass]
life, the feature of protectivenvs,
is one well calculated to at.us y
tion and cause unceasing 49,
Nature has Wisely endowed ~
fenseless animals wiki a cs,i,, .
i've resemblnnoo-made then ~
their surroundings, so tbs, tirr1
their enemies-and the erie,i n
this is carried nmong ceral, |,
especially insects, makes the sihl
absorbing interest
In all life there Is a certain u.
to Its peculiar surrounding Gil
birds are not, as a rule, fcuni d,
sandy wastes, but In forests wla.
deep ooloring and the contnalu
The tawny lion, the giraffe, b. \
are forms which assimilatotht
tngs. In California the bornn u
most us invisible no the sind /, 4.
lives. A little canyon toad ns1,
rocks upon which It rests IL elr|
the froas of tho east are hrlll
guishable from the green ND
which they hide.
This peculiar method Of detrssi
ulnrly marked among insect. 81
ago a travelling fakir stopped ,i,;
low in India and offered iorani
to show the guests Of the s,hlh, v,
new in India, a miracle. TolihE.
he produced a small treewiih bad
0 inches long, which be thfus !
ground, then took from laY J
rled by an attendant dozen la'z'
great beauty. After the snxn
amincd them aud assured thtrza
tho insects were alive The iiltl
them one by one into this all hd'
cd on the tree and becameinVif2
all had disappeared, tho iasi Z
snhib to look for them. ThsEi'
examined tho tree carefully, l,i z
Gnd the dozen butterflies tasA I
was four inches ncross ThyiNN
Of tho Indian hypnotisni ~
that this possibly was an irrifa \
but tho laughing fakir carsi'g
and, giving IL a shake, tle lnns'
In tho air for n moment, AID
cred about the tree, again 70 ~
disappear.
The fnlir then pointed ont wv
Tho butterflies were net ioo'u'
eyes and so mlmlcked the " .
their wings were folded that o.
was perfect, both In ccla " Y
There were even the dellcs's ~
the central or inIdrlb Of tho y
delicate literal branches fropH y Y
stem of tho leaf was Glossy z
the lower portion OF the WE wv
were pressed against the stem 4. x,
10, known to science as kallins
by a bird simply alighs on Y ~ Y
and becomes invisible, and " Z
simply taken advantage o. Y
protection OF the butterfly !,
The game protection Is gen
our common butterflies thai n's 7,
or leaves. Remarkable resen v
noticed among tho moths 81
ing bits OF wood or stcns \
they nlight they become at ~ Z
and thus escape from eyafy P''
suer. \
some interesting instances y
arc found In India A nalu'
butterfly here that was not Ply .l 4
able mimic, but when falo w
cd the peculiar flight oil u.
terily that was obnoxious . =
almost every group OF inssss ~
protective resemblance, any :
tho walking sticks aud walA ~ I
the most wonderful. In tis '..,,.I
an example Of an insect . 81
bling a green leaf that u w.
examination without dlso9 X, y
sect looks as though It nlsn, n
made up from several piece . I
Is OF a vivid green, WIN
exactly as one finds in q w. ,,,,,,s
While the phyllium Il,
the phasnidw Is a inlnal's WA
branch. The long stralsn
foot stick, the legs is', ,ssn Z
branching from II, arg w. IVA
they move in so deliberate !, i',s'
even then the Illusion i o. l,,' Y, Y
South American walslns II, i.s...
bic giant. almost o foot Y ~. y, "a
arc grcon, resembling yoalls saI 4
arc found among green y' .l''s "A
observed by Bolt, The kls a,sa u
wns a perfect mimic o. . VA 'sss'ssl
had upon its sides and is 5sI,sal, 4
conces that miniekea ~. VA 4
so that tho bird who LAD ,'.,.b3
would consider it nothlns =, ~, |, b
Tho curious insects kre wa
nre rr,narkabIo for their P 2,
icry. Their inovenieEil,. II. III. y
bodies and legs resoinu,'ssI - !; q
arc by this disguise eea y. N ~ j
their prey. one spec, Nc M =, !
to selzo and cat small W = y
ing it a bit OF the n1 .,.a r,e.i Il
clutches. Perhaps lns -..nsf|
mimic among these ii Il'.,.''' Is,
It's Of INDIA that is all'1T1 "a,
scmblanco tom ofcni.', ~ y, a
evidently TO capture sl Wa, =
INaEUI VIA -.