. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. 1360 THE BUTTKKFMKS OF NKW i;N(iLANl). TJ ''."."I't. to one of the siili- voiiiM, l)Ut somctinics nro '! on tlio snrfaoo of the leaf itself. The htte Dr. Awi Fiteli in his nmnuscri|tts 27, IHM, he '*nt)ti<'e(l a fenmle at mid-day hovering around S( nie earaway, oviposit- ing. She gently settles on tlie end of a leaf, holdiiig thereto with her feet for a few moments, whilst she ciu'ves her ahdonien forwar
. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. 1360 THE BUTTKKFMKS OF NKW i;N(iLANl). TJ ''."."I't. to one of the siili- voiiiM, l)Ut somctinics nro '! on tlio snrfaoo of the leaf itself. The htte Dr. Awi Fiteli in his nmnuscri|tts 27, IHM, he '*nt)ti<'e(l a fenmle at mid-day hovering around S( nie earaway, oviposit- ing. She gently settles on tlie end of a leaf, holdiiig thereto with her feet for a few moments, whilst she ciu'ves her ahdonien forward and places an egg upon the upper surface of one of the small leaHets, and then gently flies nwny to another ; Professor Ilainlin once oi)tained six or eight eggs from a female after she had lieen impale<l on a pin. The eggs hatch in from five to nine, generally I'rnm seven tn nine days with us; in Cuha Dr. (iundlaeh has had them hatch in four days in midsummer. Food plants. This caterpillar will pinhahly eat any of our native, introduced or cultivate(l I'mliellilerai', since it has heen tinmd upon a large numher of them, among which may he spcciKed : carrot ( Daucus carota Linn.), marsh pennywort (Ilydroeotyle), poison heiulock (Conium inaeu- latum Linn.), water hemlock (Cicuta maculata Linn.), also ('. virosa Linn, and C. I)uli)itera Limi., water parsley (Siunj cicutaefolium Gmel.), Apium divaricatum, celery (Apium graveoleiis Linn.), mock liishop weed (Diseopleura capilhu'ca DeC). parsley (Carum petroselimun). caraway (('arum carui Liiui.),dill (Auctliuni gra\rolens). fennel (Focni(;ulum \ulgare), Arcliaugclica, false water drop-wort ( Tiedemamiia) and parsnip (Pastinaca sativa Linn.). Dr. Chapman \\rit( - that in I'lorida the first hrood feeds on .\)pium divaricatum hecause tlu're i- at tliat season no other umlicllifcrous ])lant for it to eat; at the aiipeanuKc of the second brood Apium has disappeared and it must find some other; tliis he helleves to he Dise
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