. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. BUTTERFLY AND MOTH BOOK der prolegs, which lifted the bodies somewhat above the surface on which the insects crawled or rested. One naturally would expect that the moulting of the " Hick- ory Horn-devil," with its spined horns, would be a more dif- ficult undertaking than the moulting of a smooth skinned cat-. PkotogmpkhgKimg After the third moult erpillar; but such was not the case, for the horns withdrew readily from the old cov
. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. BUTTERFLY AND MOTH BOOK der prolegs, which lifted the bodies somewhat above the surface on which the insects crawled or rested. One naturally would expect that the moulting of the " Hick- ory Horn-devil," with its spined horns, would be a more dif- ficult undertaking than the moulting of a smooth skinned cat-. PkotogmpkhgKimg After the third moult erpillar; but such was not the case, for the horns withdrew readily from the old covering, and in perfect condition. After a caterpillar was freed from its ruptured skin it would always turn and slowly devour it, leaving only the face mask— usually shed at the beginning of the moult—^which, no doubt, was too tough a morsel for the jaws of even this, our largest native caterpillar. With the third moult the dark skins of the larvae were re- placed by others, in which were tones of orange salmon, blue, and green, and these colors were retained after the fourth moult, so that a mature caterpillar measuring five and a half inches iu length became a conspicuous object. 64. 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 Robertson-Miller, Ellen, 1859-1937. Toronto : McClelland & Goodchild
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