. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Marvels of Insect Life. Hliiilim liami>, with tin- liiacl mmiinl-, liiil -"im|jini> Mica -|iin :i litlli' palili i>l -ilk in wliiih In hixik llu' â¢c'.ciinc and an^lid i lirv-aliil- iif a );iri \\hili-li-i;ri\ inldur, lilh rallv iliiitiil Willi Wai k and -Inaki'd Willi vtllow. Al llii- pninl wf ciiiKht til -av thai thriv alf twii briHKN nl thr Insect in carh Mar. \\i' will suppcw that the Insects we liave been (leserihinji came frcim enKs
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Marvels of Insect Life. Hliiilim liami>, with tin- liiacl mmiinl-, liiil -"im|jini> Mica -|iin :i litlli' palili i>l -ilk in wliiih In hixik llu' â¢c'.ciinc and an^lid i lirv-aliil- iif a );iri \\hili-li-i;ri\ inldur, lilh rallv iliiitiil Willi Wai k and -Inaki'd Willi vtllow. Al llii- pninl wf ciiiKht til -av thai thriv alf twii briHKN nl thr Insect in carh Mar. \\i' will suppcw that the Insects we liave been (leserihinji came frcim enKs depiisited ill May. The chr\salis sta^e is reached at the end of June. In July the buller:lies will b<- hiyiiiK fresh batches nf e);i;s, ami these will priKluce ehrysalids by Si'p- temb<r. These ilirys:ilids will remain as such until the fdlliiwiiiK spring. I'lirtunately liir the cottager and the market gardener many iif the caterpillars never reach the chrysali- staKc. and many ehrysalids fail to priKliK-e butterflies. The caterpillar- are stun^ by a minute ichneumon- wasp, which lays numerous e^^s in ii- b<)dy, fur such creatures take n'i account ol the warninR colours oi objectionable smells that keep oil larger enemies. The ichneumon-f;riib- feed upon the interior parts of the caterpillar, and when it is about t" become a chrysalis they make their way out through the skin, and spin minute cocoons for their own pupation The caterpillar dies e.\hausted. Hut if the caterpillar has c\aded tllis diadK enemy and become a chrysalis, it m::\' be immedintely set upon by a miu h smaller member of the same order "f "four-winRed stinging' Insects, who ni'\ n-i-tyl iHk-t.««.». load it with more than a hundred eg^.-. A BUTTERFLY'5 EgGS. , , , , , ^u I 1 . Thi. ol ol ihe »hii,. buiurllv. dcpmllcd ..p⢠.n and thcSC liatclling COnSUmC the W II' 1 â¢.'"'â¢?!;tc"r:f;,?,1.^â¢lir;£7;:!i,S^i'^^^^^^^^^^^ of the
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