. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. The Cows that Ants Milk 9 s to fix in turn eed not quickly genial aphides nention gle in- If with / easily >f some lifficult parent e' at a reach- Lid out id line in an le ex- Hving tility; -each hoots thout pume- essly, jctual ction that >^ aphides did not always lead so slothful a life : they are creatures with a past, the unworthy descendants of higher insects, which have de- generated to this level through the excessive abundance of their food, and through their adop- tion of what is prac- tically a parasitic ha
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. The Cows that Ants Milk 9 s to fix in turn eed not quickly genial aphides nention gle in- If with / easily >f some lifficult parent e' at a reach- Lid out id line in an le ex- Hving tility; -each hoots thout pume- essly, jctual ction that >^ aphides did not always lead so slothful a life : they are creatures with a past, the unworthy descendants of higher insects, which have de- generated to this level through the excessive abundance of their food, and through their adop- tion of what is prac- tically a parasitic habit. When life is too easy, men and insects in- variably degenerate: struggle is good for us. One of these little indi- cations of a higher past Mr. Enock has given us in the upper part of sketch No. 3. For some members of the brood go through regular stages of grub and chrysalis, like any other flies ; or, if you wish to be accurately scientific, pass through the usual forms of larva and pupa, before they reach the full adult con- dition. This, of course,. NO. 3,—BUDDINCl MOTHKR — I'RODUCINc; A lATHERLIiSS 15 ROOD. shows them to be the descendants of higher insects which underwent the common metamorphosis of their kind. But most of the budded-out, fatherless broods in summer are. 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 Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. London : G. Newnes
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