. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects (Insecta, Myriapoda, Arachnida, and Crustacea) : being an adaptation, for English readers, of M. Émile Blanchard's "Metamorphoses, moeurs et instincts des insects;" and a compilation from the works of Newport, Charles Darwin, Spence Bate, Fritz Müller, Packard, Lubbock, Stainton, and others. but to all intents and purposes hybernate, if they canbe said to do such a thing, in the month of August. As soonas they are out of the Qgg, the caterpillars begin to look outfor a shelter, and seek cracks in the bark of trees and suchplaces. Having disco
. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects (Insecta, Myriapoda, Arachnida, and Crustacea) : being an adaptation, for English readers, of M. Émile Blanchard's "Metamorphoses, moeurs et instincts des insects;" and a compilation from the works of Newport, Charles Darwin, Spence Bate, Fritz Müller, Packard, Lubbock, Stainton, and others. but to all intents and purposes hybernate, if they canbe said to do such a thing, in the month of August. As soonas they are out of the Qgg, the caterpillars begin to look outfor a shelter, and seek cracks in the bark of trees and suchplaces. Having discovered a fit place, the insect hides itself up,does not come forth to feed, and does not become metamorphosedinto a chrysalis, but stops there through the auutmn, winter, andfar into the spring. The caterpillar does not take any nourish-ment for nine months, but remains in a stupid and lethargicstate until the warmth of the spring drives a little vitality intoit. Then it feeds, and soon becomes transformed into a chry-salis. These fasting caterpillars are of a blackish hue, with rustygreyish hairs, which wave gracefully when the insects walk ; theyfeed upon the oak, the briar, and the broom, in woods, and upongooseberry bushes, plum trees, lilacs, and privet, in gardens andorchards. They fasten their egg-shaped and dense cocoons either. THE MEIAMORIHOSES OF AtUlCllS llllia. THE BOMBYCLVA. I I to the branches of trees and slirubs, or in holes in or under thecorners of walls. Another Lasiocampa has a very fine hairy caterpillar ; it isgolden brown on the back, and is otherwise of a velvety black ;it is frequently met with in the autumn, crawling over paths androads in order to seek its hiding-place. In this it hybernates
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