. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. ?#,-A_r - i I ! I. The Sacred Beetle and Others the larva obtains a free space at the hack, in which its droppings arc deposited without dirtying the provisions. 1 he hutching- chambcr is the first to be HUed up in this way; then gradually more and more oi the segment which has been eaten into follows suit, always in the round part of the pcur, which consequently by dcgr. s recovers us original compactness at the top, while the bottom becomes less and less thick. lichinJ the grub is the ever-increasing mass of used material; in
. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. ?#,-A_r - i I ! I. The Sacred Beetle and Others the larva obtains a free space at the hack, in which its droppings arc deposited without dirtying the provisions. 1 he hutching- chambcr is the first to be HUed up in this way; then gradually more and more oi the segment which has been eaten into follows suit, always in the round part of the pcur, which consequently by dcgr. s recovers us original compactness at the top, while the bottom becomes less and less thick. lichinJ the grub is the ever-increasing mass of used material; in front of it is the layer, sriallcr day by day, of untouched food. Complete development is attained in four or five weeks. By that time there is in the belly of the pear an eccentric, circular cavity, with walls very thick towards the neck of the pear and very Bimsy at the other end, the disparity being occasioned by the me- thod of eating and of progressive filling up. The meal is over. Next comes the furnishing of the cell, which must be padded snugly for the tender body of the nymph, and the strengthening of one of the hemispheres, the one whose walls have been scraped by the last bites to the utmost per- missible limit. For this most Important work the larva has wisely reserved a plentiful stock of 140 -"m^mf. 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 Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915. Toronto : McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
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