. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 38. Cabbag-e Butterfly, which are usually abundant in late autumn on fences about cabbage gardens and turnip fields If one of these chrysalids be examined, it will be seen how carefully the tongue, feelers, and legs are folded over the breast and tightly packed together within its " mummy" case. But of all the chrysalids which are alive in the fall, only a few are living in the spring. For many years observers have noted this fact, and my custom has been to prove it for myself every spring My walk this March afternoon was back along the farm lane,
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 38. Cabbag-e Butterfly, which are usually abundant in late autumn on fences about cabbage gardens and turnip fields If one of these chrysalids be examined, it will be seen how carefully the tongue, feelers, and legs are folded over the breast and tightly packed together within its " mummy" case. But of all the chrysalids which are alive in the fall, only a few are living in the spring. For many years observers have noted this fact, and my custom has been to prove it for myself every spring My walk this March afternoon was back along the farm lane, where I have always found chrysalids in early spring. I knew exactly where to look pig. 44-A Cabbage Butterfly Mummy or for them, for I had watched the full- Cbrysaiis siung up to k rail. g'rown caterpillars, or " worms," last autumn leave the cabbage, turnip, and rape plants upon which they had been feeding, crawl up the posts of the wire fence to the underside of the capping board, and change to mummy-like chrysalids, each securely fastened to the board by a silken pad at its hind end, and by a slender silken band about its middle. I found some of the chrysalids where I had seen them last fall ; but a few of these had been killed by the grubs of little four- winged flies that had stealth- ily placed eggs within the chrysalids before winter set in. The greater number had been snatched away during the winter by birds who had found out their hiding places. If one of these chrysalids is brought into a room in. 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 Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture; Ontario Agricultural College. Toronto : Ontario Dept. of Agriculture
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