Among the moths and butterflies : a revised and enlarged edition of "Insect lives ; or, Born in prison" (1891)
Ballard, Julia P. (Julia Perkins) · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 51
ngby the little shiny black twist that fastensthem firmly to the glass, and five handsomegreat butterflies, like the one shown in Fig.10. Only one of all these did I see break theshell and come out, and that only by the most lO AMONG THE MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. diligent watching. The butterfly was… … FIG. lO. DANAIS AKCHITPUS. After seeing them brighten a bouquet, andwatching them eat with their long spiraltongues from a little bed of moss sprinkledwith sweetened water, I let them take a napunder a tumbler with a little pillow of chloro-formed cotton, and, unmarred even by a pin,they were ready…
Butterflies -- Juvenile literature · Moths -- Juvenile literature
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