. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Marvels of Insect Life. r- ^^. ( tâ tho wood Mini TiKikf viKiu imo â> m,.,. a, r:^ri. t i^ a «i-li-»lnt.'. floshv Kiub, vatluT flat above |^--'-i««y; Wlicn ImIIv i;r"wn it is an lonK. broaiU'St f^^^.^, ;- lii>t iiUi- ââ.,,a Ull-oUKl, oiii- >,l,s>. ol MlHll, by lllr 0,1 ol ~w, lal- ^;iv,ll off bv riun 'Nv >atd,c> >iKhl -I H"' bnH'Miit ,âloânnK as thc^ sunlight tails upon them. The reason for these musk- beetles be
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Marvels of Insect Life. r- ^^. ( tâ tho wood Mini TiKikf viKiu imo â> m,.,. a, r:^ri. t i^ a «i-li-»lnt.'. floshv Kiub, vatluT flat above |^--'-i««y; Wlicn ImIIv i;r"wn it is an lonK. broaiU'St f^^^.^, ;- lii>t iiUi- ââ.,,a Ull-oUKl, oiii- >,l,s>. ol MlHll, by lllr 0,1 ol ~w, lal- ^;iv,ll off bv riun 'Nv >atd,c> >iKhl -I H"' bnH'Miit ,âloânnK as thc^ sunlight tails upon them. The reason for these musk- beetles beins upon the willow-tree is that thev- were bre< from its interior, have to prepare for of 1 en km 1 ,ânti,âiin« the work thev have been MornK. S, tin v will In 11 ,.âKs in its ereviees, ami wh,n these are hateheil the ^; ^1 "bs w^ll bore into tlw wood ami make fjalleri.'s. riKht mto its heart may be. It ami below. H lien nun K'""" â ' â ,"',... i;âl,.lv behiml the verv small head, from whieb ,t sIikI. K lehind. Though its head is small, its little jaws ""â¢*;«' instruments for breaking down the wood-tissues, and makint; him axailabl,- for food. As their sr«b-staf;e extends 01 tl R .nj,. ,.,-, »n.,,^,, ^â ears their burrows are often of considerable length. ...i ;;;;;*.;,;-.;,;-«;; appear to follow no definite eourse, and often extend far in. ;,,,ââ,,,, â, .. As a number of larvie attaek the same tree .t hec , , , riddled and this often brillKS about its the wilUm :^:^C mueb ill-treatment witl t ''â¢-^li;-^.^^ j^;-'; .lltX^:! and forms a sort of ecieoon of wnmi fraKinents, and there cbanKes to ;i elir\salis, from whi( h the perfect beitlr emerges in June or .|uly. The tropies afford as gigamii examples of these long-horned beetle-. whieh are all wood-borers in the grub -lage ; but although these exotics make imi>osing featur
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