. Diversions of a naturalist. Natural history. DADDY-LONG-LEGS 217 size, are present in them in a very much dwindled condi- tion. Since most of our common flies are very small it is. D ^ Fig. 22. A, The Crane-fly (Daddy-Long-Legs), Tipula oleracea. e, the left eye ; h, one of the balancers or " halteres," which are th, the thorax. Natural the modified second pair of wings ; head B, The "Leather-jacket," the grub of the crane-fly. b, tail. Natural size. C, The Click-beetle or Skip-jack, Elater obscurus. The line beside it shows its natural size. D, The true Wire-worm or grub


. Diversions of a naturalist. Natural history. DADDY-LONG-LEGS 217 size, are present in them in a very much dwindled condi- tion. Since most of our common flies are very small it is. D ^ Fig. 22. A, The Crane-fly (Daddy-Long-Legs), Tipula oleracea. e, the left eye ; h, one of the balancers or " halteres," which are th, the thorax. Natural the modified second pair of wings ; head B, The "Leather-jacket," the grub of the crane-fly. b, tail. Natural size. C, The Click-beetle or Skip-jack, Elater obscurus. The line beside it shows its natural size. D, The true Wire-worm or grub of the click-beetles. Enlarged to four times the natural length, a, tail ; b, head. difficult to see this dwindled pair of wings, which lie close behind the first or large pair, and are called the "balan- cers," or " ; The daddy-long-legs (Fig. 22, A). 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 Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929. London : Methuen


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