. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. A GAY MASQUERADER for the insect at such times can be picked up by a leg or thrown upon the floor without its showing the least sign of life. I have seen a specimen sham death, to all appearances, for five min- utes while it lay, a most conspicuous object, on my hand. The butterflies of this specicM which have survived the winter begin to oviposit when the leaf-buds are ready to open. They place their seven or eight-sided eggs so that they
. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. A GAY MASQUERADER for the insect at such times can be picked up by a leg or thrown upon the floor without its showing the least sign of life. I have seen a specimen sham death, to all appearances, for five min- utes while it lay, a most conspicuous object, on my hand. The butterflies of this specicM which have survived the winter begin to oviposit when the leaf-buds are ready to open. They place their seven or eight-sided eggs so that they encircle a twig, usually of willow, poplar, or elm, and two weeks later the caterpillars emerge and find fresh food for their snipping. At birth they have warm yellow-brown bodies, much spined, and large dark heads. The little crawlers live as a colony on the under side of a leaf, and not only are they gregarious in their early life but this habit is retained during their entire larval existence. They move rapidly, and as they go each spins a silken thread; these threads become veritable suspen- sion bridges and facilitate the progress of the insects from one twig to another. The mature larvae of the Vanessa antiopa are two and one- half inches in length. Their bodies are black, frosted with white, and each has a dorsal row of eight red spou and red pro-. The mature larvie are two and one-balf inches in length 167. 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. Toronto : McClelland & Goodchild
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