. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. ArEkPILLARH. (.IllTtiilUrH lit till' K<t i losi'ly rilati'il, and thr autluirities have iivcti'd it into a separate finiilv. If the photograph of this cater- pillar is .ompared with those iUustratinK the article on v, ⢠(page J4()). it will be seen that, (|uite apart » .n the absence o( hairy eovering, the Kentish git i ⢠aterpillar is ipiite diHerent in form, ta|»rint! i the head and having a pyramidal elevation .m the last segment but out, whiili suggests a resernblam e to the caterp
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. ArEkPILLARH. (.IllTtiilUrH lit till' K<t i losi'ly rilati'il, and thr autluirities have iivcti'd it into a separate finiilv. If the photograph of this cater- pillar is .ompared with those iUustratinK the article on v, ⢠(page J4()). it will be seen that, (|uite apart » .n the absence o( hairy eovering, the Kentish git i ⢠aterpillar is ipiite diHerent in form, ta|»rint! i the head and having a pyramidal elevation .m the last segment but out, whiili suggests a resernblam e to the caterpillars of the _ hawk-moths, a likeness increased by tlie oblicpie ^^L â white and creamy striiK's along the sides. It is ^^^^^ M coloured green, paling to a whitish tint on each side ol the central dark-green liiu'. It attains a length ol about two inches, and in a|>propnatc localities it may be found feeding on birch from the end ol Mav to July. When newlv hatched they an black, but after casting their skins the black becomes greemsh. sprinkled with niinwti black dots ; later they boicime distinctly green, and the black dots are restricted the lower surface. In the young condition a number of the caterpillars will chiviv i together on the twigs of the birch, presenting .1 peculiar apiH-arance with their fore-parts raised Irom the twig. As they get larger they apparentlv to avoid be-coming too noticcabK When lull grown they construct a rough dark h .iwn cocoon on cjr just under the surface of tlu ground, and sj»in up moss and vegetable debri- into the stnictm'e. Here they change into blackisli chrysalids, with rough points on the segment- which enable them to wriggle out of the cocoitn .1 few days before the moth emerges in the mg spring. About April the small, tawn\-brown males tl\ in scmshine seeking the larger, paler-colourcil females, who sit about on birch or heather until after dark. It is a forest and moorland s|jecic-, in the former
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