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Show Butterflies In Mlmlcr Caterpillars and buttorflles go far In tho lino of mimicry. They assume the strangest, most Impossible disguises, dis-guises, appearing now In the Bhapo of a leaf or stem, now as a bundle of dark-green plno needles, and now again as a bud or flower, all for tho Innocent purposo of concealing themselves them-selves from the Inquisitive gaze of their enemies, tho birds. When tho caterpillar lives on tho grass ho, Is striped up and down like tho foliage that supports him. When he feeds upon broad leaves that ha'vo midribs and branching veins, his stripes and streaks run croscways at tho, same angle as those of tho food plant! |
