. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Lady-Birds. .U'j III order that the riadcr may not fall into this serious error and be tempted to destroy a k'owI friend we frive a jihoto- sraphir portrait ci this aetive little hel()<T who, during the four or five weeks of his larval existenei., is eonsumed by a passiim for ; the gardener. 11 has m.\ fairly lon^. jointed legs, whirh art used with more activity than is the case with nK«t Ix'etlc-Krubs. and is of a slatv or oiirplisl, brown tint, di\ersitied bv raised "spots
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Lady-Birds. .U'j III order that the riadcr may not fall into this serious error and be tempted to destroy a k'owI friend we frive a jihoto- sraphir portrait ci this aetive little hel()<T who, during the four or five weeks of his larval existenei., is eonsumed by a passiim for ; the gardener. 11 has m.\ fairly lon^. jointed legs, whirh art used with more activity than is the case with nK«t Ix'etlc-Krubs. and is of a slatv or oiirplisl, brown tint, di\ersitied bv raised "spots of black, blue, and red. What kckxI, the gardener may ask, can so small a creature effect, even though its intentions are of the best, as you say ? The best answer lo this question is to bid him watch one lady- bird grub for an hour upon a green-fiy- infested leaf or shoot. He will find that m that space of time the grub has destroved from thirty to fort\- of the green-tiv ; and as there are almost certainly a number of them working upon the same plant, a day's work of the s<piad gos a long way towards clearance. Some of the methods bv the gardener only result in the green- Hy dropping off the foliage, and rcascending that or some other plant to continue their "ork. When the lady-bird grub takes the :,'reen-fly in hand it is a thorough clear up The green-fly tliat has made . with the grub's jaws has finished its work and leaves no descendanls in the dinri line. When its month is up thi' ladv-bird Kiiib fastens its tail to thi' under side oi a leaf, throws off its skin, and reveals itsi-lf as a short, stout, conspii uouslv spotted chrysalis. This hangs for a short lime in order to develop its wings, and then breaks out as a blac k-spotted, scarlet-coat<(l liectle, which continues to feed upon green- fly. In this stage it flics about in the "nshme and inspects plants to find which â¢lie most in need of the scrvHces of its 1,1, /' "&qu
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