43. Ichneumon flies and their beneficial habit.
44. Evidences of intelligence among ants.
SOME COMMON BUTTERFLIES--A Reference Table and Key
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|COMMON NAME |WING |BROODS |FOOD PLANTS OF |HAUNTS OF THE | |EXPANSE | |CATERPILLAR |BUTTERFLY | |IN INCHES| | | |CHARACTERISTIC COLORS, MARKINGS, ETC.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Milkweed Butterflies
|Monarch | 4-4½ |May and Oct|Milkweed and dogbane|Open fields | | | | | everywhere |Brick-red color, veins black, borders of wings black
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fritillaries or Silver Spots
|Variegated | 1¾-2½ |August |Passion flower |Low fields | fritillary | | | | |Orange-brown color, checkered with black, no silver spots. A southern | species
|Regal fritillary | 3-4 |July,Aug |Violets, pansies |Low fields |Upper side of wings reddish with wavy black lines, hind wing dark
|Great spangled | 3-4 |July,Aug |Violets, pansies |Meadows | fritillary | | | | |Similar to _idalia_, but hind wings lighter. Silver spots on under | surface of wings
|Silver-bordered | 1½ |Jul,Aug,Sep|Violets, pansies |Meadows, | fritillary | | | | hillsides |Edge of wings tipped with silver, silver spots below
|Meadow fritillary| 1¾ |Jul,Aug,Sep|Violets, pansies |Meadows |No silver border, silver below
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Checker Spots
|Baltimore | 1¼-2½ |June,July |Turtlehead and aster|Swamps |Groundwork of black with many red and white spots. Conspicuous border of | red spots
|Harris checker | 1½ |June |Aster and daisy |Clover meadows | spot | | | | |Wings dark bordered, lighter band across middle of wings
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crescent Spots
|Silver crescent | 1¼-2 |July |Asters |Roadsides |Groundwork of orange-red mottled with black, silver crescents on under | margin of hind wings
|Pearl crescent | 1¼-1⅝ |July,Sep |Asters, daisy |Roadsides |Similar to silver crescent but colors are paler
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Angle wings