. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. 212 COMMON BlilTISH MOTHS black and tinged with green. The hind wings are similarly coloured, but have no central spot. The body is olive-brown, with a broad reddish belt, and behind are tufts of hair, which are spread out when the insect flies, just after the manner of the tail feathers of a bird. The moth flies in May. The larva resembles that of Stellatarmn, but exhibits a violet tint above the legs. Its horn, too, is curved, and of a reddish or brownish colour. It feeds on the honeysuckle {Loiti- cera PcriclyincniDu)
. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. 212 COMMON BlilTISH MOTHS black and tinged with green. The hind wings are similarly coloured, but have no central spot. The body is olive-brown, with a broad reddish belt, and behind are tufts of hair, which are spread out when the insect flies, just after the manner of the tail feathers of a bird. The moth flies in May. The larva resembles that of Stellatarmn, but exhibits a violet tint above the legs. Its horn, too, is curved, and of a reddish or brownish colour. It feeds on the honeysuckle {Loiti- cera PcriclyincniDu), ragged robin [Lyelinis Flos-cucuU), evening campion (L. vesjjertina), red campion {L. diarna), lady's bedstraw (G(xlin»i vcruin), and the field scabious {Scahiona arvcnsia), during the month of Fig. 102.—The Bkoad-bokueked Bee Hawk. Family : —The Clearwings This family contains fourteen very pretty British insects that differ very much from other moths in many impoi'tant and interest- ing particulars. Their antenna', like those of the SpJiingidir, are thickest beyond the middle, and those of the males are slightly ciliated or hairy. Tlieir bodies are slender, and terminate behind in tufts of hair. The hind wings in all cases are transparent, margined and veined with black or brown; and the fore wings also, in most cases, have transparent bases. These moths delight in the hottest sunshine, and may be seen gracefully hovering over the flowers in our gardens, looking more like gnats, bees, and wasps, than moths. The larvte of these insects are all wood-eaters, and spend their time within the stems of shrubs and trees, eating out galleries in the material that forms both their food and their home. Within these they also undergo their changes, and do not expose them- selves to the free air and light till they reach their perfect Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability -
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