This is a collection of entomological children's stories by the wonderful Edith M. Patch. The full text is available here: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924018276554;view=1up;seq=15 It was first published in 1913.
Perhaps an unusual choice, but Edith M. Patch deserves more recognition, as the first female president of the Entomological Society of America. She wrote these stories to try to inspire children to take an interest in nature and beauty that can be found in the real world.