. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects (Insecta, Myriapoda, Arachnida, and Crustacea) : being an adaptation, for English readers, of M. Émile Blanchard's "Metamorphoses, moeurs et instincts des insects;" and a compilation from the works of Newport, Charles Darwin, Spence Bate, Fritz Müller, Packard, Lubbock, Stainton, and others. England Mr. Stainton finds the larva in the seeds of thestinking iris, near Ventnor, but it is rare ; in France, however,it attacks vine leaves, and does infinite mischief The moth,which is not very large, has yellowish wings, which are darkerbehi
. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects (Insecta, Myriapoda, Arachnida, and Crustacea) : being an adaptation, for English readers, of M. Émile Blanchard's "Metamorphoses, moeurs et instincts des insects;" and a compilation from the works of Newport, Charles Darwin, Spence Bate, Fritz Müller, Packard, Lubbock, Stainton, and others. England Mr. Stainton finds the larva in the seeds of thestinking iris, near Ventnor, but it is rare ; in France, however,it attacks vine leaves, and does infinite mischief The moth,which is not very large, has yellowish wings, which are darkerbehind. Its palpi are three times as long as the head, andthis is a remarkable peculiarity. The moths fly in the monthof July, and soon lay their eggs on the top of the vine leaves,in little flat packets, which are very readily seen. During themonth of August the little caterpillars are hatched, but theydo not begin to eat, although the temperature is high, andthere is abundance of food ; on the contrary, each one hangsitself by a silken thread, waiting to be moved to and fro bythe breeze, until it touches the wooden prop of the vine, or the THE TOR TRJCIXA. 143 stem of the plant itself. They then get rid of their silk, andenter the cracks of the wood, or beneath the bark, andhybernate until late in the spring; that is to say, they do not. THE METAMORPHOSES OF THE VINE MOTH. 1,2,3,4. Eggs on the leaf. 5. Young caterpillars hanging by their web. 6. Leaf withchrysalis. 7. Caterpillar. 8. Moths. take any food, and remain in a sleepy and perfectly quietstate, without any metamorphosis ; in fact, growth does not goon. When the hot weather commences, they climb up thetender shoots of the vine, and bind up the tiny leaves and 144 TRANSFOI^MATIONS OF INSECTS. minute bunches of grapes with their silken threads, unitingthem in packets. The caterpillars having thus made a safehome, eat away in the inside, and they do so much harm inthis manner that sometimes a whole vineyard is ruined in af
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