. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Thtirii)>li ihrm~ .i ^iimli wui^ ' < \i i, .m 1^ llu- nhtiwty i-iioniiDiis wing, whu h h-i- tu Ix â .ly tiilK ! . mull r ihi linUrgi ri .ihciu . ighl She alsti bloods her ymmg whrn thov are hatt look after themselves. The v^^s are laid late '. Harwios. Thi-v itibnii'd portraiis show ttk> relative iliritn-iicai in sift- bi-iwri n thi roniiiinii spiK^ii's iuid th«' oniall rarwig (ci'iiin'l ; and Ihi' cuntrjit bclwiit Itir >ha|H' of Ihr calli|»-r. "t
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Thtirii)>li ihrm~ .i ^iimli wui^ ' < \i i, .m 1^ llu- nhtiwty i-iioniiDiis wing, whu h h-i- tu Ix â .ly tiilK ! . mull r ihi linUrgi ri .ihciu . ighl She alsti bloods her ymmg whrn thov are hatt look after themselves. The v^^s are laid late '. Harwios. Thi-v itibnii'd portraiis show ttk> relative iliritn-iicai in sift- bi-iwri n thi roniiiinii spiK^ii's iuid th«' oniall rarwig (ci'iiin'l ; and Ihi' cuntrjit bclwiit Itir >ha|H' of Ihr calli|»-r. "t !!«â male (kftl ami th.' friiiaU' (right). ' I.;ibidura ripii nibbles the [X'tals of flowers, but that much of its fo(Ml jHThaps tlir major part of it consists of other Insects. The ((immon earwig and sonir others have been noticeil to ^ivi f)ut a peculiar (nlour at times, I hi-- is, no doubt, a further protectiuu to thim. It is believed to prtneeil from openin^'> on the back. T Ium may be strii just bi'hnui the e\ tremity of the winy covers, .\pait from ants. w,i>p> and bce>, Inse< t- are not (hstinyuished lor siilicituil them toi,'etliir again when the\ have been scattered ex|M'rimentallv. bed. until thev are Mrony; enough to M- â¢arly in the vear. but do not hatch until the spring The young arc miniature replicas ui their parents, minus wings ;md wing-covers. Tin- number of moults oii their way to maturity ap])ears to be four. The full-grown females may be dis- tinguished from the males at a glance bv noting tlie character of the callipers: whilst stronglv curved in the males, in the femalr- they are almost straight. Our finest native earwig is tlic shore earwig.' which only occurs sparingly on a restricted part of t'lc Hampshire coast, It is more th,ia twice the size of the lommmi species, and of a pale colour, win h makes it dithcult to see on the sand where it lives, sheltering unc'-T small stones. It appears to tc. Please note that these images
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