Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . the seed-pods growthe caterpillars in-crease in size to corre-spond, and they are sosimilar in appearancethat the caterpillarsare not found withoutdifficulty. A pale linealong each side of thecaterpillar correspondswith the junction ofthe valves of the seed-vessel. It is uponthese that the cater-pillar feeds, but theseeds are preferred tothe pods ; the cater-pillar knows the exactlocation of the seedsand eats through thepod just where he canget to a seed, eats it, and then excavates for the next, ll ma\- eat the remain
Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . the seed-pods growthe caterpillars in-crease in size to corre-spond, and they are sosimilar in appearancethat the caterpillarsare not found withoutdifficulty. A pale linealong each side of thecaterpillar correspondswith the junction ofthe valves of the seed-vessel. It is uponthese that the cater-pillar feeds, but theseeds are preferred tothe pods ; the cater-pillar knows the exactlocation of the seedsand eats through thepod just where he canget to a seed, eats it, and then excavates for the next, ll ma\- eat the remains ofthe seed-vessel lalcr or it may not. A number of other plants of the cruciferousorder serve it for lood at times. It may be found in the caterpillar stage duringJune and July, but about the end of the hitter month it becomes a very long andslender green chrysalis. In this condition it remains until the following May, whichmust be considered as rather a long period for a butterfly chrysalis, but it has beenknown to remain at this stage for over twenty (ioAi-CatkkjIllaks in Uak-sii-,.\i A section through tlic stem of a young oak tree, showing the havocof the goat-moth, of which two arc perceptible in their burrows. The Hornet-Fly, 37 The Hornet-Fly. One of the largest of our two-winged fliesis also one of the least known. This is theso-called hornet-fly,-^ that may be seen onheaths and downs vigorously chasing otherInsects and impaling them with its stout,black beak. Its general colour is brown, butat the base of the long, tapering hind-bodythere is a broad band of black. It may beassumed that this style of ornamentation hassuggested the name ; for in flight, whenalone the body is seen, the fly has little otherresemblance to the largest of our the female is at rest, with her long,brown wings disposed over the body andshowing only the pointed tip, there may besome general resemblance to the hornet, tocareless observers. We have mentioned thefemale in this c
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