Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . ctual a preservative that a stung spider has been known tokeep fresh for more than a year That is to say, its legs appear ridiculous when seen in such a place ; but on thegrass-land, where it is more at home, its length of leg is not inappropriate. Daddyin its larval stage is a pest ; but Mrs. Daddy when engaged in the important taskof stocking our lawns and pastures with a new generation is an interesting long, slender legs fitting between the grass-blades enable her the betterto bend down her hind-body and use it
Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . ctual a preservative that a stung spider has been known tokeep fresh for more than a year That is to say, its legs appear ridiculous when seen in such a place ; but on thegrass-land, where it is more at home, its length of leg is not inappropriate. Daddyin its larval stage is a pest ; but Mrs. Daddy when engaged in the important taskof stocking our lawns and pastures with a new generation is an interesting long, slender legs fitting between the grass-blades enable her the betterto bend down her hind-body and use it as a boring implement, with which to makea hole in the ground in which she can lay one of her numerous shiny black many Insects that have a large number of eggs to dispose of and whichdrop them in batches, the crane-fly appears to have the desire that each of heroffspring shah have a fair amount of feeding ground without undue competition ;so she lays them singly and scattered. The termination of her body is more 1 Tipula oleracea. Daddy Long-legs. 93. Photo by] [H. S. Cheavin. Egg-Placer OF Crane-Fly. The parts are separated to show-distinctly the borer (left) and theegg-tube (right). Magnified thirtytimes. pointed than that of the male, and has a hornv tip moresuitable for piercing the ground. The daddy long-legs is about an inch and a quarter inlength, and the narrow wings are a little over an inch the latter will be seen the pair of balancers which in the two-winged flies ^ represent the hind pair ofwings in other Insects. The long legs are very lightlyattached and come off with very slight provocation, andapparently with little inconvenience to the Insect. Thefore-body is stout, but the head is very small. The grub is very cylindrical, and its tough skin of dirtygrey-brown has gained for it the name of full grown it is an inch and a quarter long, and attainsthat size by feeding incessantly on the roots of grasses andother plants.
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