Show i 1 I I WESTERN NATURE STUDIES DIS II Some Eagles 1 of the Insect t World d L tb th winged insects of 01 t i r a fi fly y or darning needle needIe f n 11 f praN M MI powerful and us use e ef ore lre rp rf r f this of 15 s V Without tile the th help tal aWl alP f might be literally plagued reat f anT WI tormented by mosquitoes bY br f 1 m ih eagles flight is i the thep ti than an so p f 1 l this thili monster of the in fer i it dart durt upon ullon its I tS prey m Ij i i IS at P Work of the Dragon Fly Flyr Fl the tiu creature There r kwH Kuo urr nt in folklore Jr r cU Kr the lips Ps of sleeping r ws w ut ul Mt feed snakes or stings it nr or that Mitt t It has no such pro probUS 01 course oure t l the theW not the ability or ct u ha bUS W to tf t rt rl di any an harm hann whatever hater ke 1 1 pity that hat children nn 1 a Ii 1 I It nonsense about such Huld ud b tt tiu ut harmless and useful ally r weather near In warm c r kil thai iM is not salty Its Us swift attracts the then oFT vr pond or stream ht or th mot careless passer iron n o u It ls is doing suppose hit 01 i you that the eye ey can canar tion i II m 4 movements swift It its flU fRu xv ar eh c I Occa down and forth UI up t r rv rk Hul motionless In midair u 1 i It t hangs hn and Then Jhen darts away ft w sf i nd A t train no railway if f a re tf t a OJ I ti C beI be beb ber tl that t for or it often flies tr tn l along ih fastest 11 trains and keeps b r making also little side Ide ex F wIlliI But the tho amusement f for lf If f ai as a r It Is hard at nt atIT seft H IS nt t playing flies tiles moths mos mo at athing gnats gnat IT w rk all insects IP in fait fad toes ts gastronomic net It is for its it ce Il fat mu t ed r and nd herein heroin lies Its It T vora 10 1 i Rv ny R tnt thousands it clears insect tn Ct pests pest It I 1 aIr o 1 41 Ti JI biting mouth parts and amI i ad and Immense compound organs The head is Ispra art arp bu buSY bUllY v ay vw t ill 11 eyes two Immense Bra pra nb that occupy PuP the greater part KJ 1500 1600 sim of perhaps aM ard 4 that n It t ff 1 In n fl th form of little ile e prisms j d close together With ith h ft Lomb lens a R a R 1 u r may be purchased for forr single and a se fP these eyes r f rn i un m rore 1 i things thing told of or In these thae notes The dragon fly sees many man things thing and In every ever direction yet he does not see far perhaps haps ten feet Nor does he see completely for or there is i a margin around every one of ot there thee 1300 1500 cen centers tens of vision islon in which he sees noth nothing nothIng ing lag But what a panorama he must see all at once Can any an insect fly lly near him and not be seen and if seen can enn any escape Rarely Rare for tor he is the swiftest flyer among Insects and he spares none So perfect Is the flight ol of o othe the numerous varieties of ot these crea urea creatures creatures tures Lures we have hae OO kinds in the United States that some naturalists believe they wilt wll yet et furnish the best models for tor or flying machines Are Useful and Beautiful Their voracity may be tested by cap capturing capturing turing Luring one then hold It by its Us wings wIn folded together over its back and feed it on house tiles found that a large one would eat ent forty house houseflies houseflies flies files inside of two hours They cap can ture their prey on the wing a fact that accounts for their zigzag flight Among certain species each seems s ems to preempt a hunting ground of his own whence he will repel any of his neigh neighbors neighbors bors born that poach upon his preserves Tills This curious partitioning off of ot the dragon fly pastures is a fact tact readi readily ly 11 I verified by observation for Dragon flies files are arc beautiful objects study stud their gauzy wings often marked with colored patterns or tint tinted tinted tinted ed the large largo head slender neck stout thorax broadly expanded wings enormous enor enormous enormous i compound eyes three simple i ones ono of which the Ule use Is not known I the antennae springing like the simple from the triangular space between the large eyes and so small that we sup suppose SUppose suppose pose they cannot be used much for tor smelling or hearing the legs s so o dwarfed as to be unfitted for walking but used In grasping prey or a limb the first segment of the middle and hind pairs unlike those of ot the grasshopper grass grasshopper grasshopper hopper first sloping forwards Instead of ot backward the long slender abdo abdomen abdomen abdomen men that probably Is used as a rudder to steady stead the creature in Its rapid flight these and other significant points will become apparent apparent on observation T The hr Life History or I b 4 Still Interesting Inter sU is ir the larva I a which is a Ii somewhat hideous creature often otten an inch long that swims swiftly in water by expelling from the rear i end of ot its body bod water vater that It first takes in for tor this purpose and for the function function function tion of breathing for tor they have a a sort of ot gills located lO there in quick spurts that serve sere to propel the body forward In Quick Impulses This lively creature creatures is s likewise useful in destroying the th larvae of or other Insects particularly those of ot f mosquitoes the wrigglers common In stagnant pools Many any dra ara dragon aragon tim gon flY larvae lar have the lower lip so hinged that it acts as nl a I mask can be p forward IWard to seize The pr or r empty cases may be dredged even ev n a now from the bottom of ot ponds of or all nil kinds of o otel water wa aa ter tel except salt water and can readily adny l be winter in an in aquarium tnt tin the thedr dragon gon fly emerges They may be beted fed ted on bits bite bl of meat and on insects In Inthe Inthe n the spring the pupa into which the larva has changed will manage to work it way out of ot the water Soon the case will break open and the adult will come out to unfold and dry Its gauzy wings and then to fe feed d o oits of its time tini in midair before re getting leady n I to lay Its eggs on the surface I of 01 the Lilt water or on a reed re d Just beneath the surface We V should teach the children to observe protect admire and respect this splendid creature Tennyson wrote his Impressions ci a athis c this Insect in these the e lines Today Toda T I saw the dragon fly Cene from the wells where he aid tild dl lie He HeAn lieAn lieAn An Inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk from head to tall Came out clear plates of ot sapphire mailHe mail man mailHe He dried his bis wings like gauze g uze they grew Through crofts and pastures wet with S dew dewA dewA A living flush of light he flew The Family Groups All dragon flies have a break or node In the wing b by br which they may mo be bc dis distinguished distinguished distinguished from all other insects a structure near the middle of front wings are fold folded folded folded ed fanlike when closed and the corn com commonest monest kinds having both pairs of cf f wings alike hold them spread pread out stiff stiffly stiffly ly h at right angles to the body bod when at rest resL But certain families of ot this order without such fiu powers of flight fold their wings parallel to I r to t tt tJ t i i I J ft g 4 9 I t ii 4 II J Z I q 1 I I I v c cr r I IL ri L c At the top of the cut are three damsel flies files In flight at the right two wo damsel flies at rest At the bottom of the cut Is shown a dragon dragonI ly Iy at rest and a dragon ragon fly larva Just below It Drawn from nature for his this article by Seventh and Eighth grade pupils of the State I Normal I raining Training School the body when resting g These flit air airily aIrily ily thy from plant to plant and from their more gentle habits they have been called caned damsel flies files Some of these have shiny black wings and brilliant metal en or blue bodies These in insert insert insert sert their eggs Into the stems of ot aquatic plants often under water In assigning dragon fly fl specimens to their proper family tamn the following key from Howards Insect I Book is simple and comprehensive for the families of ot this order I Wings alike held vertically In re repose repose pose ose With at least five cross veins between the first and I second longitudinal veins and before the th 1 first flot break 4 in the th s wing d With p but two two such cross veins elus II ir Front wings dissimilar from hind wings held in repose a of the e first and see sec second ond nd rows not meeting except ept at base of wins Ees apart Eyes E es touching at a single point Eyes touching for some distance b of first and second row running Into each other Eyes with tubercles behind Eyes not behind In the same general group tera are stone tiles flies May lIa flies and cad caddis caddis caddis dis flies files which will be reserved for tor a separate paper also the flies the ant lions and the which are similarly useful though the three latter divisions are not aquatic Insects as al are the groups previously mentioned at some stage of ot their theft his history history tory tOI The writer has thought best to de depart depart depart part somewhat from the strict and scientific order followed by Professor Titus In his lectures before the classes at the university and while reproducIng Ing ng much of ot the substance he would not venture to 10 hold the professor re responsible responsible responsible for the form that any an of these reports may ma take Great freedom thas has been employed mostly by way of ot elimination and an attempt is some 1 tithes times made to adapt these to the capacity of the 3 unger r readers some of whom Ye e are In Informed Informed formed have been following these I studies J H HPAUL PAUL I Ing the marshals star with him on which he got a number of free railroad rides claiming he be was after fugitives from justice The lumber com coin company company pany a corporation vs Emma Ramsey Ramse action for recovery Judgment given ghen plaintiff in the sum of 75 Th and costs E J 3 Cook vs YS the Green River Mutual Irrigation liTigation company a corporation mo motion motion motion tion to set act aside default withdrawn as aa the case had been settled out of ot court The Lumber com corn company company pany a corporation vs W V W Clark action for recovery judgment for tor plaintiff plain plaintiff tiff A II 31 Mix vs YS W TV W Clark action for recovery judgment for tor plaintiff The following Is Js the action taken in the I various arlous probate cases In the matter of the estate of o David Daid Williams deceased two petitions for let letters letters letters of administration This case cae was wa transferred to Carbon county count as the property in question belonging to the tIle es estate estate estate of It In tate was mostly at Price and none Emery county In the matter matt r of the estate of Ellen Ellei En h Peterson deceased for con confirmation of ot sale of real estate the sale was confirmed In the matter of o the guardianship of Bryant Blant A and an Maggie minors p pe Pf for confirmation of sale of or real es estate estate S State tate tale sale confirmed In the matter of ot the tb estate of T J S Tins This Tinsley Tinsley ley le deceased petition for distribution and final return of o accounts filed flied ap approved approved approved proved In the matter of the estate of or David Dald Stevenson Steenson deceased petition for distribution distribution tion and final account filed flied approved I In the matter of or tha the estate of or Joseph JosephE E Johnson deceased petition for letters of administration filed fRIed Elizabeth W Ii Johnson widow of deceased was appoint appointed j jed ed cd administratrix t of f tin till p estate tate tat Hoi d required on personal property I P There was wa no 00 will made madl by IJ the th In the matter of the estate of or George Geor e deceased petition for order of sale of o real estate order granted 7 I In the matter of the estate of George Geor e Ipson petition for letters of administration tra r tion rasa case taS continued as there was no one t present to represent the th case cage V |