. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects. Insects; Insects; Myriapoda; Arachnida; Crustacea. STRUCTURES IMPLICATED IN METAMORPHOSIS, I9 The joint in the legs of the perfect insect nearest the body is called the hip or coxa, the next the thigh or femur; then the leg or tibia succeeds, and finally the many jointed tarsus with its hooks. It has already been noticed that the larvae of many kinds of insects are entirely destitute of legs and feet. Thus the grubs of the hornet, Vespa crabro, are legless; and yet the remarkably. THE LEGLESS LARV/?: OF THE BEE. NYxMPHS OR PUP^ OF THE BEE, a
. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects. Insects; Insects; Myriapoda; Arachnida; Crustacea. STRUCTURES IMPLICATED IN METAMORPHOSIS, I9 The joint in the legs of the perfect insect nearest the body is called the hip or coxa, the next the thigh or femur; then the leg or tibia succeeds, and finally the many jointed tarsus with its hooks. It has already been noticed that the larvae of many kinds of insects are entirely destitute of legs and feet. Thus the grubs of the hornet, Vespa crabro, are legless; and yet the remarkably. THE LEGLESS LARV/?: OF THE BEE. NYxMPHS OR PUP^ OF THE BEE, active limbs of the perfect insect have to be developed with all their muscles and nerves during metamorphosis ; and the apodal or legless condition of the larvae and pupae of the worker bees may be understood by examining the engraving of them. The legs of insects, although true locomotive organs, are often adapted to an infinitude of uses, and they are formed in numerous shapes, and present innumerable special structural adaptations, so. 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 Duncan, P. Martin (Peter Martin), 1821-1891; Blanchard, Émile, 1819-1900. Metamorphoses . .. des insects. London and New York, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin
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