. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. WHAT AILS HIM?" 245 ered with its load of cocoons a fortnight ago, for in the morning, upon opening the box in which I had placed him, a number of tiny black flies flew out, and several of the white cocoons were open at the end, their dainty hinged lids thrown back. Here is one with its black midge just creeping out; others with the tiny imp peeping through the fine crev- ice ; others with the lid still tightly closed, but with its junc- ture disclosing more distinctly every moment
. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. WHAT AILS HIM?" 245 ered with its load of cocoons a fortnight ago, for in the morning, upon opening the box in which I had placed him, a number of tiny black flies flew out, and several of the white cocoons were open at the end, their dainty hinged lids thrown back. Here is one with its black midge just creeping out; others with the tiny imp peeping through the fine crev- ice ; others with the lid still tightly closed, but with its junc- ture disclosing more distinctly every moment the knavery of the busy teeth within. One by one the silken lids popped up, and out flew the mischievous jack-in-the-box until within the space of a few hours every cocoon was empty. So this is " what ailed ; He has been the victim of the parasitic fly known as microgaster. But even now that his mortal enemies have left him, I fancy he is past encouragement or salvation. What will become of him ? In his particular case he continued to dwindle and soon died, though in other instances I have known him to recover and reach the chrysalis stage, to com- plete his transformation into a beautiful olive and red 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 Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York : Harper & Brothers
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