. Insect architecture. Insects. CATERPILLARS. examining the leaves of nettles which appear folded edge to edge, in July and August, the caterpillar may be readily Nests of the Hesperia Malva, with Caterpillar. Chrysalis, and Butterflies. Another butterfly (Hesperia rnalvm) is met with on dry banks where mallows grow, in May, or even earlier, and also in August, but is not indigenous. The caterpillar, which is grey, with a black head, and four sulphur-coloured spots on the neck, folds around it the leaves of the mallow, upon which it feeds. There is nothing, however, peculiarly differen
. Insect architecture. Insects. CATERPILLARS. examining the leaves of nettles which appear folded edge to edge, in July and August, the caterpillar may be readily Nests of the Hesperia Malva, with Caterpillar. Chrysalis, and Butterflies. Another butterfly (Hesperia rnalvm) is met with on dry banks where mallows grow, in May, or even earlier, and also in August, but is not indigenous. The caterpillar, which is grey, with a black head, and four sulphur-coloured spots on the neck, folds around it the leaves of the mallow, upon which it feeds. There is nothing, however, peculiarly different in its proceedings from those above de- scribed ; but the care with which it selects and rolls up one of the smaller leaves, when it is about to be transformed into a chrysalis, is worthy of remark ; it L. 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 Rennie, James, 1787-1867. London, M. A. Nattali
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