. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. 376 small, yet, from their numbers and voracious appetite, they occ« sionally commit great devastation in our orchards. In some yearn the leaves of pear-trees have been completely destroyed, and in the summer season have been as completely denuded and stripped as in the middle of winter. The Clothes Moth is of a white, shining, silvery color. â When the caterpillar-moth-worm comes from the egg, it imme
. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. 376 small, yet, from their numbers and voracious appetite, they occ« sionally commit great devastation in our orchards. In some yearn the leaves of pear-trees have been completely destroyed, and in the summer season have been as completely denuded and stripped as in the middle of winter. The Clothes Moth is of a white, shining, silvery color. â When the caterpillar-moth-worm comes from the egg, it imme<. The Clotbes Moth. dkteiy commeneos preparing a suitable covering for its feeble frame. It spins a coating of silk, which is extracted from its own body, to which covering it very ingeniously attaches little pieces of nap, which it cuts with its curiously formed jaws, which resemble a pair of scissors. Unless it is compelled by the most urgent necessity, it never quits its warm, comfortable habitation. When it wishes to feed, it puts out its head at either end of its little mansion, as best suits its convenience. As its body enlarges, it adds to the size of its abode, and all the additions partake of the color of the different substances out of which they arc formed. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Philadelphia : Crawford & Co.
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