. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Earth-Measurers. likeness ,o ,â. iea/i:;.d"-up^i^.:i" j;,:);:'" 'I,,:':,"'-" "^â ^';- â ', """â '""" l>illars feed unlv in the ,vni, , ninn>- âl these ratiT- day as Cher ni;;:t-fede;: Z' "' '"'"'' """ r" "'" '""" ""'"-'"â¢^ "^^ but romain extended as t\vij,.s, BPV' etc., ([uite ()jKnl\-. Some of the best knoH-n, because Jargest, of thes
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Earth-Measurers. likeness ,o ,â. iea/i:;.d"-up^i^.:i" j;,:);:'" 'I,,:':,"'-" "^â ^';- â ', """â '""" l>illars feed unlv in the ,vni, , ninn>- âl these ratiT- day as Cher ni;;:t-fede;: Z' "' '"'"'' """ r" "'" '""" ""'"-'"â¢^ "^^ but romain extended as t\vij,.s, BPV' etc., ([uite ()jKnl\-. Some of the best knoH-n, because Jargest, of these twiK-like caterpillars are those of the swallow-tailed moth,' the brimstone-moth,- the beauty,^ brindled beauty,-' and peppered-moth,5 of which'we give some photographic examples. Some of the smaller species are not large enough to cairy out this twig mimicry, and they elude (observation by some other'resem- blances, the brimstone looking like a piece torn out of a leaf but still clinging to it. Another looks like an empty snail-shell "âif it looked like a full one it would he as likely to be eaten as though it resembled a eaten lillar ! The caterpillar of the large emerald" feeds on birch and hazel, and so clings to a twig or leaf-stalk that It has the appearance of a catkin. Its colour is brown marked with green, and its segments appear to overlap, and resemble the over- lapping scales of the catkin. Its form, which is short and thick, it'elf o^n r'r''''"l'- '^^' >'"""« ^â ^"â â¢â â P"'" °' '^'^ '^^^â¢â¢Iv thorn-moth » twists na Th '" -^r'" ? "'""â¢'^ble manner that it looks like the of a âd m T ' """"u' "' ""^ I^russels-lace moth »feeds upon lichens, and i" colours c i^^'STnT' Th'': '^ '^'T^'T'"""'"'" *'«â¢* â ' â â """"«"'' -â "'- y natur ,1 si ' '
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