The Insect FolkFront matterReading editionChapter navigation43 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterMARGARET WARNER MORLEYA WORD TO THE CHILDRENThysanuraOur Pretty Dragon FliesThe Fairy May FliesThe Stone Fly FolkThe Silver FishThe Old CockroachesNeighbor Walking StickThe Grasshopper TribesThe Shorthorned GrasshoppersThe Longhorned GrasshoppersPretty KatydidsThe Cricket-like GrasshoppersThe Cheery Cricket PeopleA Large FamilyThe Great Bug FamilyThe Water BoatmanThe Funny Back-swimmersThe Giant Water BugLittle Mrs. Shore BugThe Airy Water StridersA Queer FellowThe Well Dressed Lace BugA Bad BugThe Troublesome Red BugThe Ravenous Chinch BugsThe Well Protected Stink BugThe LouseBird Lice and Book LiceFriend CicadaThe Odd Spittle InsectPretty Leaf HoppersThe Comical Tree HoppersThe Jumping Plant LiceThe AphidsScale BugsThe Horned CorydalusFairy LacewingThe Ant LionThe Little Caddice FliesGLOSSARYBeginning of this editionNext chapter →MARGARET WARNER MORLEYAll chapters and sections (43)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsMARGARET WARNER MORLEYA WORD TO THE CHILDRENThysanuraOur Pretty Dragon FliesThe Fairy May FliesThe Stone Fly FolkThe Silver FishThe Old CockroachesNeighbor Walking StickThe Grasshopper TribesThe Shorthorned GrasshoppersThe Longhorned GrasshoppersPretty KatydidsThe Cricket-like GrasshoppersThe Cheery Cricket PeopleA Large FamilyThe Great Bug FamilyThe Water BoatmanThe Funny Back-swimmersThe Giant Water BugLittle Mrs. Shore BugThe Airy Water StridersA Queer FellowThe Well Dressed Lace BugA Bad BugThe Troublesome Red BugThe Ravenous Chinch BugsThe Well Protected Stink BugThe LouseBird Lice and Book LiceFriend CicadaThe Odd Spittle InsectPretty Leaf HoppersThe Comical Tree HoppersThe Jumping Plant LiceThe AphidsScale BugsThe Horned CorydalusFairy LacewingThe Ant LionThe Little Caddice FliesGLOSSARYBYMARGARET WARNER MORLEY →