Insects : their life-histories and habits . Egg capsule oi Cockroach Egg of Parasite of Peacock Egg of a Stick Insect (Blatta or ntalis | [Mallophaga (Phasmida. Stalked eggs of a -i Lacewing Fly Eggs of a two-winged Fly ( hrysufiiilir (Diptera) (All greatly magnified) CHAPTER II THE YOUNG INSECT Among aphides or plant-lice, the females of the summergeneration are viviparous: they give birth to livingyoung. Certain two-winged flies—for example, the blood-sucking forest flies and the dreaded tse-tse flies of theAfrican continent—multiply by producing, one at a time,full-grown grubs which ch
Insects : their life-histories and habits . Egg capsule oi Cockroach Egg of Parasite of Peacock Egg of a Stick Insect (Blatta or ntalis | [Mallophaga (Phasmida. Stalked eggs of a -i Lacewing Fly Eggs of a two-winged Fly ( hrysufiiilir (Diptera) (All greatly magnified) CHAPTER II THE YOUNG INSECT Among aphides or plant-lice, the females of the summergeneration are viviparous: they give birth to livingyoung. Certain two-winged flies—for example, the blood-sucking forest flies and the dreaded tse-tse flies of theAfrican continent—multiply by producing, one at a time,full-grown grubs which change immediately to such exceptions serve to point the rule that insects,as a class, lay eggs. The eggs of some large beetlesdiffer little in appearance from those of the smaller speciesof humming-birds; but whereas the eggs of birds areremarkable for the wide range of colour and markingswhich they display, those of insects vary chiefly in insects eggs are quite fantastic. The eggs of lace-wing flies, for example, are supported upon long stalks*the bases of which are glued by the female to a twig or agrass blade. Again, the eggs o
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