. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. The Cows that Ants Milk 5 ay on its has been ting : the skiggish isible for y do not ysters or shoot of :ing-iube 3r them- 3d; and in sheer m. The bunders to some in-the- event- i loves, >s foes, nemies British see the family, ith the gs are p rose- e first 3erfect here- after, most aphides (and especially all the summer crops or generations that appear with such miracu- lous rapidity on our roses and fruit-trees) are poor fatherless creatures ; waifs and strays, budded out vegetatively like the shoots of a plant. Abou
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. The Cows that Ants Milk 5 ay on its has been ting : the skiggish isible for y do not ysters or shoot of :ing-iube 3r them- 3d; and in sheer m. The bunders to some in-the- event- i loves, >s foes, nemies British see the family, ith the gs are p rose- e first 3erfect here- after, most aphides (and especially all the summer crops or generations that appear with such miracu- lous rapidity on our roses and fruit-trees) are poor fatherless creatures ; waifs and strays, budded out vegetatively like the shoots of a plant. About this strange retrogressive mode of reproduction, however, I shall have more to tell you in due time by-and-by ; for the pre- sent, we will confine ourselves to the im- mediate history of the autumn brood, which is regularly produced in the legitimate fashion, as the result of an or- dinary insect marriage between perfectly de- veloped males and females. As October approaches, a special generation of such per- fect males and females is produced by the un- wedded summer green-flies; and the females of this brood, specially told off for the purpose, lay the winter eggs, which are destined to carry on the life of the species across the colder months, when. NO. 2.—WORN-OUT MOTHER- LAYINO HKR LAST 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 Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. London : G. Newnes
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