A lanre number of Japanese obtain a ti livolihood by catching fireflies. These 11 insccts arc iifiorl as ornaments at Bocial j> festivities. Sometimes they aro kept b snsred. sometimes released in swarms in t< the uresonce of the guests. tl Tho farthest authenticated distance at 11 ivhich .1 moth has been captured at sea rr iras reoorded by a well-known scientist tl eisrht years ago, who took a specimen of T 1 certain large moth 1200 miles from tho tl nearest possible land. o\
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 133, 1 March 1920, Page 5
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