. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. 200 NATURE-STUDY flying insect, often found in great swarms in early summer. It has a short, fat body. The abdomen is covered with two stiff, hard, concave wing cases, which are really modi- fied wings, the first pair. They serve not so much for flight as for protection in general, and to cover the delicate under- wings. The hind pair of wings are tucked away under the wing cases, and are folded first lengthwise and then Fig. 6i. Cecropia-moth Just Out of Cocoon. It is the outer pair of hard wings that gives this ord
. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. 200 NATURE-STUDY flying insect, often found in great swarms in early summer. It has a short, fat body. The abdomen is covered with two stiff, hard, concave wing cases, which are really modi- fied wings, the first pair. They serve not so much for flight as for protection in general, and to cover the delicate under- wings. The hind pair of wings are tucked away under the wing cases, and are folded first lengthwise and then Fig. 6i. Cecropia-moth Just Out of Cocoon. It is the outer pair of hard wings that gives this order the name Col CO pier a. Beetles have mouths much like those of locusts, and the mandibles (jaws) are especially strong and large. They feed on a great variety of food. Some are carnivorous, and some eat various parts of plants. The young stage of the beetle is called the grub. That of the June-beetle is known as the Common Grub-worm. It is the fat, white, fleshv larva, the kind used for fishing, found in. 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 Holtz, Frederick Leopold, 1870-. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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