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4. What can you say about their wings?

5. How does the little frog-hopper make the ball of foam?

6. Of what use to him is this ball of foam, or froth?

7. What does the scale bug make for his covering, instead of froth?

8. Which is the largest insect of this order?

9. What name has he besides cicada?

10. Which of the insects of this order is the ant’s cow?

11. Which one carries a light?

12. On what food do all hoppers feed?

13. Where does the cicada lay her eggs?

14. Why does she not put them in a living branch?

15. How does she make the hole in which to put her eggs?

16. Where do the larvæ of the cicada live?

17. What kind of weather does the cicada like?

IV.

1. To what insect order do moths and butterflies belong?

2. How do the feelers of butterflies differ from those of moths?

3. How does the butterfly hold its wings, while at rest?

4. Which side of the butterfly’s wings is more gayly colored?

5. Why is this?

6. How does the moth hold its wings while resting?

7. What are the butterfly’s wings often called?

8. Which has the thicker body, a butterfly or a moth?

9. Which has the more furry coat?

10. Which usually flies by night?

11. Do butterflies ever fly by night?

12. What is the food of these insects?

13. How do bees get honey from flowers?

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