. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. INSECTS, HARMFUL AND OTHERWISE 237. a medium sized butterfly with purplish wings, the front pair bearing a conspicuous orange or red band across their sur- face. The larva feeds upon hop and nettle. In the latter part of the summer the Painted Beauty is commonly found on the as- ters and other fall flowers. It is a very nimble and active butterfly. The upper surface of the wings is blackish, with orange and white spots. The under side of the wings is the finest, being marbled with brown, gray, and white, with rose-colored spots
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. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. INSECTS, HARMFUL AND OTHERWISE 237. a medium sized butterfly with purplish wings, the front pair bearing a conspicuous orange or red band across their sur- face. The larva feeds upon hop and nettle. In the latter part of the summer the Painted Beauty is commonly found on the as- ters and other fall flowers. It is a very nimble and active butterfly. The upper surface of the wings is blackish, with orange and white spots. The under side of the wings is the finest, being marbled with brown, gray, and white, with rose-colored spots on the front pair, and two eye-like spots on It is one of the daintiest and most beautiful of our butterflies. It measures about two inches across its wing-tips. This butter- fly, hke some others, has the interesting habit of playing dead when caught, com- ing to life and making off C[uickly when there is a chance to escape. Another common butterfly is the Violet Tip, so called from the violet border of its brown wings. It is also called the Comma Butterfly, because of a curved, silvery spot on the under side of the hind wing. A very handsome and the largest of our butter- flies is the common Milkweed or Monarch Butterfly. Its Fig. 84. Monarch Butterfly Sipping Clover Nectar. the hind wings.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Holtz, Frederick Leopold, 1870-. New York, C. Scribner's Sons