. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. I? II 306 Flashlights on Nature In No. 14 you see her, then, free, but resting. She has now shaken herself out, and left her empty mummy-case imprisoned at her side in the sheath which holds it. Its fate no longer interests her. Then she crawls a little way along the surface of the barley stem, and presently, clasping it with , l!l I,.,,,. NO. 14.—HANGING HERSELF UP TO DRY. her four front legs, she hangs herself up, tail downward, to dry in the sunshine. No. 14 graphi- cally represents this curious position. Almost all fl
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. I? II 306 Flashlights on Nature In No. 14 you see her, then, free, but resting. She has now shaken herself out, and left her empty mummy-case imprisoned at her side in the sheath which holds it. Its fate no longer interests her. Then she crawls a little way along the surface of the barley stem, and presently, clasping it with , l!l I,.,,,. NO. 14.—HANGING HERSELF UP TO DRY. her four front legs, she hangs herself up, tail downward, to dry in the sunshine. No. 14 graphi- cally represents this curious position. Almost all flying insects, when they emerge from the chrysalis stage, do something analogous. Their wings are still club-like, their antennae undeveloped or not. 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 Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. New York : Doubleday & McClure
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