. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. 3IO Handbook of Nature-Study After a period varying from days to months, depending upon the species of insect and the climate, the pupa skin bursts open and from it emerges the adult insect, often equipped with large and beautiful wings and always provided with six legs and a far more complex structure of body than character- ized it as a larva. The insect never grows after it reaches this adult stage and, therefore, never molts. Some people seem to believe that a small fiy will grow
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. 3IO Handbook of Nature-Study After a period varying from days to months, depending upon the species of insect and the climate, the pupa skin bursts open and from it emerges the adult insect, often equipped with large and beautiful wings and always provided with six legs and a far more complex structure of body than character- ized it as a larva. The insect never grows after it reaches this adult stage and, therefore, never molts. Some people seem to believe that a small fiy will grow into a large fly, and a small beetle into a large beetle; but after an insect attains its. A butterfly 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 Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Publishing Company
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