. Elementary entomology. Insects. 46 ELEMENTARY ENTOMOLOGY three or four weeks, while very many remain dormant over winter and hatch when sufficient temperature occurs the next spring or summer. Transformations. Upon hatching from the egg the young grass- hopper is of much the same general appearance as when full grown, and is readily recognized as a grasshopper; but if we did not. FIG. 56. Molting of the full-grown nymph of the periodical cicada, showing process of emerging from the skin of the nymph, with the soft white adults below The adults become black after hardening for a few hours' kn
. Elementary entomology. Insects. 46 ELEMENTARY ENTOMOLOGY three or four weeks, while very many remain dormant over winter and hatch when sufficient temperature occurs the next spring or summer. Transformations. Upon hatching from the egg the young grass- hopper is of much the same general appearance as when full grown, and is readily recognized as a grasshopper; but if we did not. FIG. 56. Molting of the full-grown nymph of the periodical cicada, showing process of emerging from the skin of the nymph, with the soft white adults below The adults become black after hardening for a few hours' know that the little caterpillar, after completing its growth, finally transforms into a butterfly, we should never suspect them to be different stages of the same insect, and a lack of knowledge of these transformations has caused many strange superstitions con- cerning insects. The transformation of the butterfly from the caterpillar is a complete one, and is known as a complete metamorphosis. The. 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 Sanderson, Dwight, 1878-1944; Jackson, C. F. (Cicero Floyd), b. 1882. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn and Company
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