. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects (Insecta, Myriapoda, Arachnida, and Crustacea) : being an adaptation, for English readers, of M. Émile Blanchard's "Metamorphoses, moeurs et instincts des insects;" and a compilation from the works of Newport, Charles Darwin, Spence Bate, Fritz Müller, Packard, Lubbock, Stainton, and others. THE NESTS OF THE WATER SPIDER. {Av^^yroiicta aqiiatica.) which are seen deep in the water are of the same colour, becauseair is mechanically entangled in the tissue covering the wholeof their bodies. This air is rubbed off with the aid of the legswhen the
. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects (Insecta, Myriapoda, Arachnida, and Crustacea) : being an adaptation, for English readers, of M. Émile Blanchard's "Metamorphoses, moeurs et instincts des insects;" and a compilation from the works of Newport, Charles Darwin, Spence Bate, Fritz Müller, Packard, Lubbock, Stainton, and others. THE NESTS OF THE WATER SPIDER. {Av^^yroiicta aqiiatica.) which are seen deep in the water are of the same colour, becauseair is mechanically entangled in the tissue covering the wholeof their bodies. This air is rubbed off with the aid of the legswhen the spider enters its bell-shaped nest, and its globules replacethe water, and at last, after successive ascents and descents, thedome is full of CHAPTER XVII. THE CRUSTACEA. A VERY slight acquaintance with the common objects of thesea-shore, and the inhabitants of marine aquaria, suffices torender us famihar with the varieties of the articulate creatureswhich are classified as the Crustacea. Lobsters, spiny lobsters,cray fish, prawns, shrimps, crabs, spider crabs, hermit crabs,sand hoppers, wood lice, water fleas, king crabs, and last, butnot the least interesting, the barnacles, are readily recognisedand distinguished by all who take the commonest interest innatural history. The bodies of these animals are divided into segments ; theskin is hard, calcareous, or horny, and the limbs are jointed,attached to special rings, and are arranged in a double limbs, or rather the articulated extremities, are the antennae,jaws, and mouth pieces, and the walking, swimming, and pre-hensile legs. The nervous system is ganglionic, and is situatedbelow the digestive organs, and above and in front of them. Therespiration is almost i
Size: 3145px × 795px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjec, booksubjectcrustacea
