The warmer the day, the more untiring its activity. When rain comes, it takes to shelter, usually suspending itself by its feet from the underside of a twig or leaf.
The text is from A Handbook of the Dragonflies of North America, by James G. Needham and Hortense Butler Heywood, et al. (1929.) Click here to browse the book or download it free from the Internet Archive.
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Early morning and near sunset are the best times for finding caterpillars, as many kinds hide during the day and feed at night or toward dark…Cocoons may be found in winter on bare branches, bush-stems, tree-trunks, fences, among leaves on the ground, or spun to all sorts of supports.
The text is from Caterpillars and their Moths, by Ida Mitchell Eliot and Caroline Gray Soule (1902.) Click here to browse the book or download it free from the Internet Archive.
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In handling bees, always make it a point to avoid killing or smashing them. A bee that is crushed carelessly is liable, by its little squeals, to start the other bees.
The text is from Facts About Bees, or the Danzenbaker Hive and its Management, by E. R. Root (1907). Click here to browse the book or download it free from the Internet Archive.
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Students of ant behaviour may be conveniently grouped into four schools: first, those who claim that ants lead a purely reflex life; second, those who hold that ants lead a purely instinctive life; third, those who grant that ants possess a limited amount of intelligence; fourth, those who insist that ants are endowed with anthropomorphic intelligence.
The text is from “The Homing of Ants: An Experimental Study of Ant Behaviour,” by C.H. Turner, reprinted from The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology, Vol. XVII, No. 5, 1907, page 368. Click here to browse the article or download it free from the Internet Archive.
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