Show i The Twist Twill Lion on the labels of these leading manufacturers assures top quality dUCKIIIDe Some are pescy £o man many more are useful to him all are colorful creatures as you'll see in these beautiful to learn about insects to follow the example of the man from Hickory NC who acquired a $1000 bill For safekeeping he put it in a metal box which he hid away One day when he wanted to show the bill to friends he opened the lid and One way found that its value had been cut percent— the inflationary work of moths! A far pleasanter way to learn about insects is through the fine color illustrations reproduced here from Will Baiker’s forthcoming book Familiar bisects of America by 50 Scientists recognie more than one million varieties of insects and catalogue five to six thousand new ones each year These prints with their variety bright colors and scientific accuracy reveal some of the more common species Butterflies and Moths Taken together butterflies and moths are known scientifically as lepidoptera because their that is scales wings are covered with tiny no thicker than a human hair which come off as dust when you touch them To tell them apart remember that butterflies picfcr also butdaylight moths daikness terflies hold their wings veitically when at rest while moths hold theirs horizontally or folded Beetles Besides being the most numerous order of insects (2o0000 varieties) beetles do man the most harm Their chief characteristic is jaws adapted to such functions as chewing scale-wing- t well-develop- r I ed ed true-to-lif- e illustrations ing seeds boring and catching prey Another characteristic is the hard thick forewing which covers most of the body giving it protective armor Beetles abound everywhere and almost every important farm crop has its beetle enemy Ants Wasps and Bees This class of insects numbers about and is distinguished by membranous w’ings and by their adaptation to a highly social form of colony life which has been compared (sometimes favorably) to man’s Many forms have a stinger pincer or saw on the abdomen as countless picnickers can testify Of all insects ants have the most highly developed societies They all live in colonies either in soil trees lumber or nests which they skillfully build themselves Bees also live in colonies their hives Studied by scientists since Aristotle bees have a remarkable little-knohoming instinct as well as a ability to “count” that is to flowers at recognize nectar-bearin- g a distance by the number of petals Directly useful to man bees produce 242 million pounds of honey and xk million pounds of beeswax annually besides pollinating scoi es of agricultural plants Closely resembling bees wasps build nests of paper and wood and live in colonies too As their victims know wasps are meat-eatin- g insects yet their sting is indirectly beneficial to man since wasps kill many harmful insects in their search for food G0-0- 26 1960 i f COMPANY OUbUVM i a MINNESOTA f 00 wn Family Weekly June fiNts!i£A 7 riA mi ora 74 7at err iPi XASfisss TA Oi ILORED Pacific Cb&mU g f PfPoors' y Fr goes into quality work clothes tailored by these fine makers for clearer Finished colors and smoother texture Stevens Twist Twill is 100 cotton— Sanforized®' for complete washability Write us for the name of the store nearest you Stevens also makes famous United States Type 1 100 Combed Cotton Twill Delta & and Type 420 nylon-reinforce- Twist Twill for 70 J P Stevens d longer wear & Co Inc New York 36 New York |