Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-06-12
NATURILISTS TELL
|NSEG7ssT0R|Es
90 iDIA OR So rsf" REMAINS
fOg sfvyN ~ YEARS
INDfI. GROrND


WASHING Os. ID n.. June l.--
The Rip va NirkIf the Jeckles
aud Hydea fhe a. too rats, the phil0-
1phers and the HohD"s OF the IN
.ect world are a rDed w a com
munieauon ~ 10 National GeOgra-
phlr society. AZ uIngton. u. g.
bg David Faircihd iHe plant explor-
rr ahO has scour.i ne world for
plants Of ecoumir ,llue and intro
du,rd them INTO tle nited states
lu describing fHs peculiar habits
aud rrmarka1le sba.ryemenis OF In
enfs. be- SAYS. tie champion aero
uau' H The king 100 hopper. which
haa the ability 70 Jump 100 times its
length n can also sail for 900
mile. before The ul. These grass
hpppers 40metimr 20 IN such num-
bcrs that they make a cloud 1000
uHarr miles In wiaut. IT, great
front lip hides u pair of Jaws as effec-
tive as hat chOpDer. and n has az
HpusfIte 1R toraDlII 49, that of
hIppopotamua writes Mr.. Faifchild
a y0uut chick nal1 Itself shut Ia.
.Ir the egg shell 8dl must work ~
nag ont alone. bu' ihe young grass
boppsrs Yiud themrlFes the whole
ueltful shut In o hardened ease IN
the ground madf bY their mother
and h takes bali dozen Of them
working together 10 dislodge the I'D
which shuts them Do.
The Carrying power OF the song
Of thc cricket is extraordinary there
are pecies whose Hrldent notes eau
b. heard Tor Is mite although their
little budipe are nrrely more than
700 inch In length The males alone
lfo musical and r. ia reasonable 10
uppose. since 90, females hay" ears
800 their fore legs .hai they are sing
boo. tu their mate aud not 10 man
Kind A. one listen 20 their friendly
.pnR b b. hard i0 appreciate what
fighters they are Wunr Themselves.
fur laffer ones o'u turning cauni.
bul. when food D1rce
OI all creature oi our houses.
the cockroach is 90 'hc most deteat-
81 housewives May be- surprised a.
learn that "A cock roach can live live
gears. aud that u takes "A year Ia de-
sr.up 90 maturity lac female las
Hrr eggs IN d horn, capsule like q
ppriacle ease. which she carries
about with her until she is ready to
deposit II in some suitable place
Later she returns io help her baby
rOrkroiches out o. their shells.
The song OF the cioada is the
uolscst IN The insect world The g.
year cicada has been called the Rip
Van Wrinkle OF iNr insect world
From its thy er there issues
creature with son white body and
mole like mont lof II hurrios 10
the ground aud disappears beneath
iiH surface sometime 90 depth of
900 feet For ~ year 10 dir Its way
around Ia absolute q trkness. aud
then comes 20 The ur1 Gee 10 Join In
a mgriage -. few briet
weeks. II b. q fi- Ndged creature
Of the air, Though encased still Ia
grave clothes o.. parchment, but u
soon splits the, up the back. pulls
itself out. dric. Co. powerful wings.
1ul lilies away with the vh.rr OF an
arrudromc Co i've but % few brief
weeks
The social organization Of the
ants has been the admiration of hu.
man beings from the earliest times.
because the Interest OF the Individual
BE- merged so completely into that OF
the colony Theirs is am orrnni2a
ton OF females The workers are f..
males the soldiers are females, the
nurses are females, and there Is one
queen mother fpr them all. who lays
alI the ogRa Of The colony The males
of any colony are but mates for the
Young queens Together with them
they leave the nest on their marriage
doy and together max" their mar
rin"c flight hui as soon as this is
over they die and the colony Ectg on
easily without them
The Jacket and Mr. HYDE is so
complete between the butterfly and
the velvet Freeu worm that II Is no
wonder thar for centuries no conner
ton between the Two careers Of these
creatures was suspected lu general
ia true that up moth or butterfly
o. Injurious e. plants except in Co.
lnyal stage and herein has laid the
clever deception which has doubtless
protected these gay mating creatures
of th" air from the systematic at
lacks of man until quite recent times
THE spider world has e yagahond
which builds no nest Or web. being
content fO us" her marvellous silk In
the construction II n sac IN which 20
lay her eggs % hoes NOT grow 10 be-
more than hair an iuDh IN length.
but u DIS Among the most active of
all spider and De the United States
alone there are nearly % score Of spo.
c.os of 'hrse little soldier of fortune
living nowhore and roaming the
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