. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects. Insects; Insects; Myriapoda; Arachnida; Crustacea. 442 TRANSFORMATIONS OF INSECTS. a protecting mantle, and is liable to all sorts of accidents, from the shocks received during the swimming of the beetle to and fro. The Hydrachna, with its membranes thus retracted, is really a nymph, and not a quiescent one, but an active creature, which nourishes itself and grows. The gullet of the nymph still traverses. THE METAMORrHOSES OF Ilydrachna globula. I The perfect spider (natural size and magnified). 2. The lai*va (magnified). 3. A nymph. 4. A ny
. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects. Insects; Insects; Myriapoda; Arachnida; Crustacea. 442 TRANSFORMATIONS OF INSECTS. a protecting mantle, and is liable to all sorts of accidents, from the shocks received during the swimming of the beetle to and fro. The Hydrachna, with its membranes thus retracted, is really a nymph, and not a quiescent one, but an active creature, which nourishes itself and grows. The gullet of the nymph still traverses. THE METAMORrHOSES OF Ilydrachna globula. I The perfect spider (natural size and magnified). 2. The lai*va (magnified). 3. A nymph. 4. A nymph magnified, showing the eight-legged spider within. 5. The last form of nymph (magnified). the sucker, which is plunged into the body of the host, and a membranous prolongation of it has penetrated the flesh df the victim, and retains the sucker so tightly in contact with the muscles and juicy tissues that it remains in that position after the nymph has left its skin 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 Duncan, P. Martin (Peter Martin), 1821-1891; Blanchard, Émile, 1819-1900. Metamorphoses . .. des insects. London and New York, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin
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