. The life of the fly [microform] : with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography. Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915; Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915; Mouches; Insects; Flies; Insectes. The Life of the Fly the purpose of a door. Next day, I found the piece gnawed, but only on the under side. The Bolboceras does not like eating In pub- lic, in the open air; he needs the discreet re- tirement of his crypt. When he fails to find his food by burrowing under ground, he comes up to look for it on the surface. Meeting with a morsel to his taste, he takes it home when its si
. The life of the fly [microform] : with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography. Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915; Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915; Mouches; Insects; Flies; Insectes. The Life of the Fly the purpose of a door. Next day, I found the piece gnawed, but only on the under side. The Bolboceras does not like eating In pub- lic, in the open air; he needs the discreet re- tirement of his crypt. When he fails to find his food by burrowing under ground, he comes up to look for it on the surface. Meeting with a morsel to his taste, he takes it home when its size permits; if not, he leaves it on the thresh- old of his burrow and gnaws at it from be- low, without reappearing outside. Up to the present, hydnocistes, truffles and rhizopoga are the only food that I have known him to eat. These three instances tell us at any rate that the Bolboceras is not a special''^*- like the Oxy- porus and the Triplax; he i iC to vary his diet; perhaps he feeds on all the underground mushrooms indiscriminately. The Moth enlarges her domain yet further. Her Caterpillar is a grub five or six millimetres long,^ white, with a black shiny head. Col- onies of It abound in most mushrooms. It at- tacks by preference the top of the stem, for epi- curean reasons that escape me; thence it spreads throughout the cap. It is the habitual boarder of the boleti, agarics, lactarii and rus- sulae. Apart from certain species and certain 'About one-fifth of an inch.—Translator's Note. 406. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915. Toronto : McClelland and Goodchild
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