. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. A WATER-LOVING CATERPILLAR caterpillar had liet-oine dry and somewhat shrunken during its expoMure to the air. When the larva realized that it was again in its natural ele- ment it lost no time in crawling to the under side of the leaf. As it entered the water a film of air seemed to envelop its body. Near the edge of the leaf it began to spin a slight web. Later I learned that this served to support the larva while it cut a fairly good par
. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. A WATER-LOVING CATERPILLAR caterpillar had liet-oine dry and somewhat shrunken during its expoMure to the air. When the larva realized that it was again in its natural ele- ment it lost no time in crawling to the under side of the leaf. As it entered the water a film of air seemed to envelop its body. Near the edge of the leaf it began to spin a slight web. Later I learned that this served to support the larva while it cut a fairly good parallelogram, three-fourths of an inch in length by one-third of an inch in width, from the leaf. Before the piece was entirely severed, I saw displayed what might be called caterpillar intelligence. The Nymphula left off cutting and began to rejoin the edges of the incision, catching them together with a few stitches of silk. Apparently it did this because the cut portion was be- ginning to sag. This may have annoyed the larva or made the cutting more difficult. It took the caterpillar three hours in all to accomplish the work, then, with the newly acquired covering above its back, it travelled to the farther edge of the leaf and there began to snip out a floor foundation. In studying the Nymphulas I observed that usually they did their cutting while resting on the under side of a leaf, and that the pieces of a case were alternately discarded, which explained why the two sides were rarely of equal freshness. All of the cuttings were cleanly made; there was no after shaping, no change of line. I could easily find the leaf from 120. The brittle likesetee on the head and the first anil ^erand aegment of Nym- phula icciuaalis. 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 Robertson-Miller, Ellen, 1859-1937. Tor
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