Little Busybodies: The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies - 1

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E. L. Beutenmuller
1. Cicada Killer 2. May-fly 3. Lacewing-fly 4. Dragon-fly 5. Aphis
6. June-Beetle 7. Cicada 8. Lady-Beetle 9. Mole Cricket

LITTLE BUSYBODIES THE LIFE OF CRICKETS, ANTS, BEES BEETLES, AND OTHER BUSYBODIES BY JEANNETTE MARKS AND JULIA MOODY OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMIX

STORY-TOLD SCIENCE FOR CHILDREN FROM EIGHT TO FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE Other Books for the Series: CRUSTY COUSINS: Crabs, Spiders, etc. SHELL DWELLERS AND URCHINS: Clams, Oysters, Snails, Starfish, Sea Urchins HATCHING WATER BABIES: Fish and Frogs BIRD WITS LITTLE MAMMALS FLOWERS A series intended to cover simple types of plant and animal life, arranged in logical order HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, N. Y.

CHAPTER		PAGE
	A Word to the Children and the Wise	[v]
I	The Journey	[1]
II	Rangeley Village	[11]
III	The Little Army (Locusts and Grasshoppers)	[21]
IV	Fiddlers (Crickets)	[34]
V	How Katy Did (Katydids)	[43]
VI	Fishing (Dragon-flies)	[50]
VII	The Swimming-Pool (The May-fly)	[61]
VIII	The Rainy Day (Leaf and Tree Hoppers)	[68]
IX	The Prize (Lace-Wing, Ant-Lion, and Caddis-Worm)	[77]
X	A Nagging Family (Flies and Mosquitoes)	[90]
XI	Camping Out (Butterflies and Moths)	[103]
XII	Camp-In-The-Clouds (Butterflies and Moths, continued)	[114]
XIII	Storm-Bound (Beetles)	[122]
XIV	A Day'S Hunting (Bees)	[136]
XV	Leaving Camp (Wasps)	[153]
XVI	Eyes And No Eyes (Ants)	[167]

Note.—We do not think it practicable to give classifications except as they exist unnamed in the above titles: (1) straight winged: locusts, grasshoppers, crickets, katydids; (2) tooth-shaped: dragon-flies; (3) ephemerals: may-flies; (4) half-winged: leaf and tree hoppers; (5) nerve-winged: lace-wings, ant-lions, and caddis-worms; (6) two-winged: flies and mosquitoes; (7) scaly winged: butterflies and moths; (8) sheath-winged: beetles; (9) membranous-winged: bees, wasps, and ants.

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