. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. A MOTH THAT i'OLIlNATES A PLANT and they travelled quite rapkliy although they lacked the pro- legs which usually support ihe l«>ni.: body of a caterpillar, and, in consequence, they were nlug-like in form. After the first of ScptemlnT 1 'tegan to notice stt?all round openings in the sides of the j>ods I knew that each was the exit through which an imprisoned cf 'or- pillar had crawled, but, watch as I would, I could not discover a l
. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. A MOTH THAT i'OLIlNATES A PLANT and they travelled quite rapkliy although they lacked the pro- legs which usually support ihe l«>ni.: body of a caterpillar, and, in consequence, they were nlug-like in form. After the first of ScptemlnT 1 'tegan to notice stt?all round openings in the sides of the j>ods I knew that each was the exit through which an imprisoned cf 'or- pillar had crawled, but, watch as I would, I could not discover a larva in the art of departing, finally it dawned upon me that the in ccts must be leavin^ ai night, for each morning there would l>e several freshly < iit doorways. As I wished to secure a few <^ the crawlers, I cut the upper portion from a seed-stalk and placed the fruit in a large jar which I then closed. In this way I captured a few of the insects and placed them on a leaf-strewn box of earth, where they soon disappeared. On the thirteenth of September in broad daylight one rose-red cateq)illar proved an exception to the rule. At least, I found it swinging by the finest of silken threads which it spun for the purpose as it descended from the seed-pod. A clever little acrobat, surely, that on reaching the bottom of the jar squirmed and wriggled over the smooth surface with an instinctive desire to bury itself according to the prescribed rules of the family. What a brief bit of out-of-door existence these caterpillars have! It is just long enough to enable them to go from their green cradles to a resting-place in the ground. A week after the last Pronuba of my colony had "gone be-. Small round openingii in the â idea of the poda. 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-Mill
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