. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. The Horn-TaiU an interesting matter for some observer to work out the life history in detail. -I Life History of a Horn-Tail (PliylluxHS iutcgti; Norton.) This insect, which is known as the willow-shoot horn-tail IS found throughout the eastern part of the United States The female, alter boring a hole some inches below the tip of a willow twig, pus
. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. The Horn-TaiU an interesting matter for some observer to work out the life history in detail. -I Life History of a Horn-Tail (PliylluxHS iutcgti; Norton.) This insect, which is known as the willow-shoot horn-tail IS found throughout the eastern part of the United States The female, alter boring a hole some inches below the tip of a willow twig, pushes her ovipositor in an oblique direction into the pith of the twig, inserting the eggs at the bottom of the puncture. â¢â 'â S- 4Jâl'li)l'*i-us inttgL-r. ' from Insect She then girdles the twig below the eggs to prevent it from growing any farther, obviously to prevent the eug from being crushed by the rapid growth of the plant. After a week the eggs hatch, the young larvx- I ore their way down through the pith to a distance sometimes more than two feet. lilling the channel behind them with their excrement as they pr^iceed. The eggs having been in the spring, the larv;e feed M through the summer and become full-grown in late tali ;ling '^ li it:. 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 Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950. Toronto : W. Briggs
Size: 1626px × 1537px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectinsects, bookyear1901
