Feed: Whenever the baby is ready to use a spoon like the rest of the family, he should be given an opportunity to learn to use one. Of course, teaching him to feed himself is at first more trouble than feeding him; but if the mother continues to feed him, he may lose his eagerness to iearn to feed himself.
They also have the habit of dropping a a silken thread when suddenly disturbed, climb ing back to the food plant when the danger i past. Others build communal silken tents in whicl they rest, coming out to feed, while other kind feed within the nest, enlarging it as the foo< supply dwindles. Some cutworms hide in the soi during the day and feed at night. |
