"Well, it is changing from a baby to a grown-up, and while it is growing up into an insect it is called a pupa. Don't mistake this for papa—it does not look like your papa at all."
Betty thought this was very funny, because her father was a great big man over six feet tall.
"After its wings are made and it looks just like its mamma, Lace-Wing crawls out of its house and flies away."
Pit of the Ant Lion
"Has it any cousins, like the locust?" asked Betty.
"Yes, it has cousins; the ant-lion and caddis-fly both belong to this family. But little Lace-Wing, with its beautiful green body, gauzy wings, and golden eyes, is the most graceful member of the family."
"How do they live when they are babies?" asked Hope.
"When they are babies," said Ben Gile, opening his eyes wide and speaking in a loud, deep voice, "they go about like lions seeking whom they may devour."