. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. THE LARVA 25 When the fattj' substance is nearly all gone, they eat their way into the more important structures, of course steadily growing all the time ; and so, even though the body of the caterpillar is rapidly diminishing, the total bulli shows often no very appreciable decrease in size. When the larvic of the flies are fully fed, they either change to the pupa within the carcase of their host, or eat their way out of its body and construct for themselves a cocoon in which to undergo the transformation. As for the c
. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. THE LARVA 25 When the fattj' substance is nearly all gone, they eat their way into the more important structures, of course steadily growing all the time ; and so, even though the body of the caterpillar is rapidly diminishing, the total bulli shows often no very appreciable decrease in size. When the larvic of the flies are fully fed, they either change to the pupa within the carcase of their host, or eat their way out of its body and construct for themselves a cocoon in which to undergo the transformation. As for the caterpillar itself, it sometimes dies before the tune for its metamorphosis has arrived ; but it often changes to the chrj'salis before its fate is sealed. In this latter case, a number of flies, having undergone their final transformation within the o% ro. 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 Furneaux, William S. London, New York, Bombay, Calcutta, Longmans, Green, and Co.
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