. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. The Ichncumoii Klits they lijvi- spun thoir coccmmk. tbi- iiinc Wuvj, ;ilv VVhiTi i-ithiT spocics is . tin ir lU'wIy splin cocoons .ire the rallying , unls ot nuriilvts ,.| ihcsf I' One of tlu' fcmali" alter riinniiij,' ahout |..r a U\v seconJs will suddenly thrust its thi
. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. The Ichncumoii Klits they lijvi- spun thoir coccmmk. tbi- iiinc Wuvj, ;ilv VVhiTi i-ithiT spocics is . tin ir lU'wIy splin cocoons .ire the rallying , unls ot nuriilvts ,.| ihcsf I' One of tlu' fcmali" alter riinniiij,' ahout |..r a U\v seconJs will suddenly thrust its thiout;h the cnon,\\ into the hodv of the caterpillar which will writhe with The I'liiipla. however, will remain apparently undisturivj and push it^ ovi- positor in to its full extent, remainins,' motlonle^s in this positu n for about tlve minutes durini; which time the .ihdomeii is shu'htiv moved in .1 peristaltic il ' thee>,',i;s out and down through the ovipositor. She will then turn round, take a step or. I'K- V " ''i"'r'' "i'Hn-it"r. /â¢â .. â¢;;.;;-. '. ; .-, coccxins. h !« It â¢'. * two, and tlnally give the caterpillar v\ is .ippareiitly a ronp i/t",;,'/â <)(â¢('with two or three tiirusts in tjuick succession. .Some- times the same operation is repeated. '\hv eu'jjs ,ire not thrust into the body of the citerpilLir when tile Litter is eiiclusid in its cocoon but sometimes are to be touiui loos^' betwieii the cocooll and the caterpillar ,ind not tiniilv to the skin of the caterp''' upriiiht on end. The e,uj.'s are elon- gate, somewhai wider â ' one end than the othi-r, pure uhite in color and perfectly smooth . bii-hlv polished. The average length is one mii!., and the ^'reitest width about one £-5 â atsB. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and app
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