. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. The Cows that Ants Milr ^ins to fix id in turn 1 need not so quickly in genial in aphides ly mention single in- itself with may easily tor of some lot difficult ;inal parent stance at a iors, reach- to bud out id and fine ises in an is the ex- e of living )f fertility; heck—each rose-shoots )od without nd a nume- recklessly, intellectual production ession. show that aphides did not always lead so slothful a life : they are creatures with a past, the unworthy des-^endants of higher insects, which have de- generated to this
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. The Cows that Ants Milr ^ins to fix id in turn 1 need not so quickly in genial in aphides ly mention single in- itself with may easily tor of some lot difficult ;inal parent stance at a iors, reach- to bud out id and fine ises in an is the ex- e of living )f fertility; heck—each rose-shoots )od without nd a nume- recklessly, intellectual production ession. show that aphides did not always lead so slothful a life : they are creatures with a past, the unworthy des-^endants 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 througn the usual forms of larva and pupa, before they reach the full adult con- dition. This, of course, 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. NO. 3.—BUDDING MOTHER — PRODUCING A FATHERLESS BROOD. 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. New York : Doubleday & McClure
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