. Animal communities in temperate America : as illustrated in the Chicago region; a study in animal ecology. Animal ecology; Zoology -- Illinois Chicago. 168 & 69. Clay-Bank Inhabitants Fig. 166.—View of larval burrow of the tiger-beetle; natural size. Fig. 167.—The adult tiger-beetle {Cicindela limbalis); about twice natural size. Fig. 168.—The clay-bank spider (Pardosa lapidicina). Fig. 169.—A snail of the shrub stage (Polygyra monodon); enlarged. Fig. 170.—The snail (Polygyra thyroides); enlarged. The larva (Figs. 162,163) on hatching from the egg digs a burrow in the position of the ov


. Animal communities in temperate America : as illustrated in the Chicago region; a study in animal ecology. Animal ecology; Zoology -- Illinois Chicago. 168 & 69. Clay-Bank Inhabitants Fig. 166.—View of larval burrow of the tiger-beetle; natural size. Fig. 167.—The adult tiger-beetle {Cicindela limbalis); about twice natural size. Fig. 168.—The clay-bank spider (Pardosa lapidicina). Fig. 169.—A snail of the shrub stage (Polygyra monodon); enlarged. Fig. 170.—The snail (Polygyra thyroides); enlarged. The larva (Figs. 162,163) on hatching from the egg digs a burrow in the position of the ovipositor hole. The eggs, which are laid in June, hatch in two weeks and the larvae live in the spot where the eggs were laid for one year, and transform into pupae (Fig. 164) in the ground in an especially prepared cavity (Fig. 165). The adult, which is a reddish-. 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 Shelford, Victor E. (Victor Ernest), b. 1877; Geographic Society of Chicago. Chicago, Ill. : Published for the Geographic Society of Chicago by the University of Chicago Press


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