. The life of North American insects [microform]. Insects; Insectes. 138 NORTH AMERICAN INSECTS. !.il |i If niese insects are rarely seen by day, being concealed on or under fences, or houses, or under the leaves of trees and bushes, and you have only to strike upon a bush with your walking-stick, or parasol (for I write also for the young ladies), when a swarm of these insects will sometimes fly out of it, and be easily caught in a net. As soon, however, as night sets in, their airy promenades bcgij , , .$ unless snapped away by the cruel whip-poor-will, or gracious bat, or burned alive by th
. The life of North American insects [microform]. Insects; Insectes. 138 NORTH AMERICAN INSECTS. !.il |i If niese insects are rarely seen by day, being concealed on or under fences, or houses, or under the leaves of trees and bushes, and you have only to strike upon a bush with your walking-stick, or parasol (for I write also for the young ladies), when a swarm of these insects will sometimes fly out of it, and be easily caught in a net. As soon, however, as night sets in, their airy promenades bcgij , , .$ unless snapped away by the cruel whip-poor-will, or gracious bat, or burned alive by the flame of some candle, they con- tmue flying about all night. It is very singular that nocturnal insects, which conceal themselves from the daylight, are so apt to fly toward a light in the night. But such is the fact, as almost all can testify who have seen them flying around a light in a warm summer evening, when the windows are open, until they disabled themselves, so that they could not fly. This is an- other way of catching these insects; and still another is to spread a white sheet over the turf of your garden in a warm summer evening, and set a lantern in the midst of it • nu- merous swarms of guests of all shapes and colors will im- mediately appear upon it. Figure Caterpillar of the Asterias But if we examine these insects, which are so much at- tracted by the light, we find the greatest part of them males. Hence the celebrated and ingenious Professor Oken thinks that the females of the nocturnal lepidoptera. 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 Jaeger, B. (Benedict); Preston, H. C. (Henry C. ). New York : Harper
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