Now don't be in too great a hurry, Ned; they are hard to catch.
He has it!
Here, don't touch it,—bugs are biters, remember.
Put it in this tumbler of water, and clap the cover over it—quick—so!—now we have it.
What is that, Mollie? I just said bugs do not bite, and now I call them biters?
I don't wonder you are puzzled.
They do not bite, but they pierce with their mouth tubes, and that feels just as though they bit us. So we commonly speak of bugs as biting.
If you wish to be very exact, we will hereafter speak of bugs as piercing or sucking.
Now, Mr. Water Boatman, we are going to have a good look at you.