Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 769
er name andthe blue species by the latter. These beetles are among the most quarrel-some of insects and fight to the death on theleast provocation. It has long been the customamong English boys to catch and set them fight-ing with each other. They are as ready for bat-tle as game-cocks, and the… … THE SOLDIER-BEETLE. 1904.] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 749 ^BECAUSE WE(WANT TO KNOW caterpillars in early spring. Wii.loughby, Ohio.Dear St. Nicholas : I would like to ask you aquestion. Will you tell me, please, why caterpillars are
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