She was on
the side of the stump, and so clearly outlined by the lens that
I could see her long wavering antennae on the ground glass, and
of course she took two plates before she resumed her travels.
I long had wanted a katydid for an illustration. I got that one
merely by using what was before me. All I did was to swing the
lens about six inches, and shift the focus slightly, to secure
two good exposures of her in fine positions. My caterpillar
almost escaped while I worked, for it had put in the time
climbing to the ground, and was a yard away hurrying across
the grass at a lively pace.
Two days later it stopped travelling, and pupated on the top of
the now hardened earth in the bucket that contained the other
two. It was the largest of the pupae when it emerged, a big
shining greenish brown thing flattened and seeming as if it had
been varnished. On the thin pupa case the wing shields and
outlines of the head and different parts of the body could be seen.
Then a pan of sand was baked, and a box with a glass cover was filled.
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