Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 260
young and nearly helpless brood tosome plant where they can feed; and if the plantdries up or dies, they carry the little sap-suck-ers to better feeding-grounds. In some casesthe ants even build tiny sheds over their herdsto protect them from the weather. When theydesire the honey-dew, the ants… … WELCOMED TO THE BROWNIE BAND.(From a sketch drawn by permission of Mr. Palmer Cox.) insects known as Hemiptera, and, like the othermembers of their order, do not pass through agrub or caterpillar state as do the butterfliesand many other insects. The young, when firsthatched, look much like their…
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