Elementary biology; an introduction to Elementary biology; an introduction to the science of life elementarybiolog00grue Year: 1924 Fig 191. Praying mantis This animal lies in wait for its prey with the front legs raised in a manner suggesting the attitude of prayer. It catches small insects with its strong front legs. Large species living in the tropics have been known to kill small birds. ( X 2) beaver or the prairie dog (Fig. 189), in the hutch of the rabbit, in the diggings of the mole, and in the nest of the mouse. Fig. 192. The ant lion. (Natural size) .?. adult; b, larva; b^, larva
Elementary biology; an introduction to Elementary biology; an introduction to the science of life elementarybiolog00grue Year: 1924 Fig 191. Praying mantis This animal lies in wait for its prey with the front legs raised in a manner suggesting the attitude of prayer. It catches small insects with its strong front legs. Large species living in the tropics have been known to kill small birds. ( X 2) beaver or the prairie dog (Fig. 189), in the hutch of the rabbit, in the diggings of the mole, and in the nest of the mouse. Fig. 192. The ant lion. (Natural size) .?. adult; b, larva; b^, larva covered with dirt; c, incased pupa : </, pit in sand. The larva. buries itself in loose sand at the bottom of a small pit. Ants and other small crawling insects tumble into the pit and are seized by the strong jaws of the ferocious ' lion ' 412. Fighting. Nothing would seem to be more helpless and less offensive than the soft-bodied jellyfish ; the very name
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