. Elementary zoology. Zoology. 208 ELEMENTARY ZOOLOGY The Coleoptera is the largest insect order, probably 100,000 species of beetles being known, of which 10,000. Fig. 71.—A trio of apple tent-caterpillars, Clisiocampa americana, natural size. These caterpillars make the large unsightly webs or i; tents " in apple-trees, a colony of the caterpillars living in each tent. (Photograph from life by M. V. Slingerland.) species are found in North America. They pass through a complete metamorphosis (figs. 75 and 76), the larvae of the various kinds showing much variety in form and Pleas
. Elementary zoology. Zoology. 208 ELEMENTARY ZOOLOGY The Coleoptera is the largest insect order, probably 100,000 species of beetles being known, of which 10,000. Fig. 71.—A trio of apple tent-caterpillars, Clisiocampa americana, natural size. These caterpillars make the large unsightly webs or i; tents " in apple-trees, a colony of the caterpillars living in each tent. (Photograph from life by M. V. Slingerland.) species are found in North America. They pass through a complete metamorphosis (figs. 75 and 76), the larvae of the various kinds showing much variety in form and 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 Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937. New York : H. Holt and company
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